: 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
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I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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Only 4% thought the bloated 71-year-old fraud deserved reelection.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Can Cronin win in the new climate of constant transfer portal upheaval and bloated player salaries?
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
An annual January ritual, as Illinois lawmakers gather in Springfield to begin a new legislative session, is the search for another basket of politically safe but invariably business- and citizen-unfriendly tax and fee increases to support their bloated government bureaucracies.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
New College’s already bloated balance sheet could be saddled with paying USF’s $53 million bill for the new dorm on the property (where most dorm rooms are used by New College students).
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Can Cronin win in the new climate of constant transfer portal upheaval and bloated player salaries?
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
An annual January ritual, as Illinois lawmakers gather in Springfield to begin a new legislative session, is the search for another basket of politically safe but invariably business- and citizen-unfriendly tax and fee increases to support their bloated government bureaucracies.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
New College’s already bloated balance sheet could be saddled with paying USF’s $53 million bill for the new dorm on the property (where most dorm rooms are used by New College students).
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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