: 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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The issue lies in cultural inertia, poor leadership choices, and a lack of visionary strategy, which have transformed Intel from a bellwether into a bloated, reactive giant.
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Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
The pneumatic hoses kept taking on seawater; the skin was made of neoprene foam, which soaked up water and became bloated; and one of the models kept getting tangled up in seaweed.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
And yet, a bloated first act can’t save Betsy and Sam from the sense that their history isn’t special, and their bond doesn’t matter.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
The zombie hordes, meanwhile, exist for Spike to make his first kill, starting with the fat, bloated ones that writhe around on the forest floor and seem to survive on worms.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
The pneumatic hoses kept taking on seawater; the skin was made of neoprene foam, which soaked up water and became bloated; and one of the models kept getting tangled up in seaweed.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
And yet, a bloated first act can’t save Betsy and Sam from the sense that their history isn’t special, and their bond doesn’t matter.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
The zombie hordes, meanwhile, exist for Spike to make his first kill, starting with the fat, bloated ones that writhe around on the forest floor and seem to survive on worms.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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