: 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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The alligator slithers through the water holding a bloated snake with the ends missing in its mouth.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Amid their four straight losses, Kerr and the coaching staff have evaluated tape and statistics on how to adjust their bloated, 13-man rotation.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Suddenly, her daughter’s belly was no longer bloated.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
But the company’s bloated inventories and profit nosedive in recent months have shocked industry observers after years of its sizable margins being the envy of competitors in Detroit and abroad.
—Reuters, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Amid their four straight losses, Kerr and the coaching staff have evaluated tape and statistics on how to adjust their bloated, 13-man rotation.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Suddenly, her daughter’s belly was no longer bloated.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
But the company’s bloated inventories and profit nosedive in recent months have shocked industry observers after years of its sizable margins being the envy of competitors in Detroit and abroad.
—Reuters, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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