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adjective

ˈblō-təd How to pronounce bloated (audio)
Definition of bloatednext
1
as in inflated
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds a bloated sense of his own importance

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2
as in swollen
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure a bloated stomach

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bloated

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verb

past tense of bloat
as in glutted

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Recent Examples of bloated
Adjective
That may sound scary, but adding AI to a broken organization only reproduces the same problems in a faster, more bloated and more expensive form. — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Some retirement plans are stuck in investments with bloated fees and costly add-ons. — Teddy Amenabar, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026 In some ways, the bloated contracts made this a likely conclusion. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026 When hospital chatbots actually come in handy Modern electronic health records are bloated. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloated
  1. inflated
  2. swollen
  3. glutted
  4. exaggerated
  5. swamped
  6. flooded
  7. drenched
  8. crowded
Adjective
  • The visually inflated size of certain landmasses such as Greenland on the Mercator map may even have geopolitical implications.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Mundubile has alleged irregularities and election observers have also reported inflated vote tallies and improper administration.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of inflated
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  • Historical records indicate that dikes were deliberately breached during a military conflict, allowing the swollen Yellow River to inundate the city.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The trouble was a bacterial abscess on the child’s neck, swollen, red, warm to the touch, about the size of a ping-pong ball, large enough to force the head into a tilt.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of swollen
Verb
  • By Wednesday evening, the intersection of the high rise was taped off and nearby streets were glutted with flashing police vehicles as officers with long rifles and dogs streamed into and out of the building.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Definition of glutted
Adjective
  • Andrew Tate, however, testified last week that much of the image was exaggerated entertainment and marketing.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Designers have been adding some edge and modernity to the style by designing pumps with an exaggerated pointed toe and lower-cut vamps that reveal more of the foot.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of exaggerated
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  • Detectors are becoming so large and so sensitive that they will soon be swamped with other ghostly particles called neutrinos that are generated in the sun and in Earth’s atmosphere.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors said Hernandez piloted the boat into a swell and had accelerated the throttle to try to pass through it until the swell swamped the bow of the boat, capsizing it immediately, a complaint alleged.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamped
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  • Culture news and the SoCal scene The internet was flooded with news out of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art this week as an embargo lifted on coverage from inside the new 300,000-square-foot building in Exposition Park.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • It initially was allowed onto the ballot, and its young supporters flooded social media with videos promoting the party.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Jódar was drenched in sweat by early in the third set Wednesday, on a humid — but not intensely humid — day in New York despite the rain later.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In another part of the study, the research team saw that fat cells behaved differently when drenched with blood collected from the HIIT folks, including changes involved in many genes that regulate fat and whole-body metabolism.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of drenched
Verb
  • Set the scene The beach cities of Orange County range from quaint to trendy, but almost all of them get crowded, especially in the summer.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026
  • On the sideline, players crowded around Patterson, jumping for joy.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
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