: 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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Ultimately, though, Zombie delivers something that is less like a movie and more like a bloated music video.
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Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Nonprofit experts and executives have criticized the organization and its board for failing to detect the theft, citing problems, including a bloated board, failure to change auditors, and ex-CFO William Smith's sole control of the organization's checking account.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical Ragtime, first staged on Broadway in a bloated 1998 production.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
And although vehicles have become much more fuel efficient over the last 15 years, the bloated size of vehicles undercuts that efficiency.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Nonprofit experts and executives have criticized the organization and its board for failing to detect the theft, citing problems, including a bloated board, failure to change auditors, and ex-CFO William Smith's sole control of the organization's checking account.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical Ragtime, first staged on Broadway in a bloated 1998 production.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
And although vehicles have become much more fuel efficient over the last 15 years, the bloated size of vehicles undercuts that efficiency.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bloated
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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