: 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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Federal overreach has failed our children, with literacy rates falling and a bloated federal budget wasting taxpayer dollars.
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Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown was hosting a roundtable featuring seven Ohioans sharing stories about the financial pain that bloated health-care costs had inflicted on their families, compelling them to scale back their medical care.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
There’s a lot to take in — probably too much, with the myriad subplots stretching the film to a bloated 140 minutes.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Politicians would like to believe that rising health-insurance costs result from bloated hospital budgets, physician overpayments, or administrative waste—problems that could be trimmed away painlessly.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown was hosting a roundtable featuring seven Ohioans sharing stories about the financial pain that bloated health-care costs had inflicted on their families, compelling them to scale back their medical care.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
There’s a lot to take in — probably too much, with the myriad subplots stretching the film to a bloated 140 minutes.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Politicians would like to believe that rising health-insurance costs result from bloated hospital budgets, physician overpayments, or administrative waste—problems that could be trimmed away painlessly.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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