bloated

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adjective

bloat·​ed ˈblō-təd 

: 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 large

a bloated budget

a bloated bureaucracy

bloated

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past tense and past participle of bloat entry 2

Synonyms of bloated

Adjective

• inflated
• exaggerated

Examples of bloated in a Sentence

Adjective

I felt bloated from eating too much.

a bloated sense of his own importance

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

All of the Dolphins’ starting cornerbacks began the day with bloated passer ratings of 100-plus in their coverage area. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

Capcom was in a similar lull after 2012’s disappointing Resident Evil 6, a bloated and confusing entry that made players fear the end of the series. — Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Workers are paying the bill for this largesse, and most would rather see that money in their paychecks than spent on bloated health care prices. — Tony Lo Sasso, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

The fiscal upshot would be to widen an already bloated deficit, leaving little room for the countercyclical spending the federal government used to contain the fallout from the 2008–9 global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1656, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bloated

• coated
• doted
• floated
• foetid
• gloated
• moated
• noted
• proteid
• quoted
• throated
• voted
• creosoted