adj
bloated
BLOH-tihd
adj
1
Swollen, especially with gas or fluid.
"He felt bloated after the buffet."
2
Excessively large, overloaded, or wasteful.
"Critics called the budget bloated and inefficient."
How to Use Bloated
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUncomfortably swollen, or wastefully oversized.
Common pairings
bloated budget
bloated stomach
bloated bureaucracy
Word Forms
more bloated comparative, most bloated superlative
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