: overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
felt bloated from eating too much
a bloated body
—often used figuratively to describe something as having grown excessively largea bloated budget
a bloated bureaucracy
Examples of bloated in a Sentence
I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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If politicians won’t fix bloated pensions amid credit downgrades, the bond market will force their hand.
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
Instead, he was focused on ginning up the myth that city and county governments were wasteful and bloated — encouraging Floridians to underestimate the impact of a giant property-tax reduction.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Somehow, Jacob Elordi was able to pull a genuinely affecting performance out of this mess, which makes his nomination the only justifiable one of this movie’s bloated haul.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Like many other tech companies, Block became bloated during the pandemic—its workforce more than tripled from 2019 to 2022.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
Instead, he was focused on ginning up the myth that city and county governments were wasteful and bloated — encouraging Floridians to underestimate the impact of a giant property-tax reduction.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Somehow, Jacob Elordi was able to pull a genuinely affecting performance out of this mess, which makes his nomination the only justifiable one of this movie’s bloated haul.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Like many other tech companies, Block became bloated during the pandemic—its workforce more than tripled from 2019 to 2022.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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