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bloated

adjective bloat·ed \ ˈblō-təd \
|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of bloated

: 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

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Examples of bloated in a Sentence

  1. I felt bloated from eating too much.

  2. a bloated sense of his own importance

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First Known Use of bloated

1656

in the meaning defined at sense 2

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bloated Synonyms

Synonyms

exaggerated, hyperbolized, inflated, outsize (also outsized), overblown, overdrawn, overweening;

Near Antonyms

realistic, reasonable;

Related Words

elaborated, embellished, embroidered, enlarged, hyped-up, magnified, overdone, overemphasized, overplayed, overstated, padded, stretched;

grandiose, preposterous, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable;

BLOATED Defined for English Language Learners

bloated

adjective

Definition of bloated for English Language Learners

  • : very swollen : too full of liquid, gas, food, etc.

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