bloated

[US]/ˈbləʊtɪd/
[UK]/ˈbloʊtɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. excessively full or swollen, inflated, self-satisfied

Phrases & Collocations

feeling bloated

bloated stomach

Example Sentences

a bloated bureaucracy; a bloated budget.

bloated with too much food

the fungus has bloated their abdomens.

he had a bloated, unshaven face.

the bloated captains of industry.

the company trimmed its bloated labour force.

starving children with bloated stomachs

He would flense the corruption from the bloated bureaucracy that strangled the august government and reform it, as a new, more powerful, more secure institution.

Real-world Examples

In Bosnia, bloated animal carcasses are floating in inundated fields.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation May 2014

A huge, bloated cow floated slowly past.

Source: BBC Reading Selection

The people were very surprised to find an unusually bloated stomach.

Source: TED-Ed Student Weekend Show

You're too stuffed and bloated to know what you're saying.

Source: Charlotte's Web

He had their photographs on his wall of shame, bloated, pathetic, missing limbs.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Although, sometimes if I'm a little bloated, I don't feel that sexy.

Source: Friends Season 9

And how difficult it is to do when she's bloated, cranky and crampy? Continue.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

His Mary was dead. Her skin was green, her body bloated, under a screaming red dress.

Source: The Power of Art - Michelangelo da Caravaggio

Despite its apparently simple structure, it would introduce more complexity into an already bloated tax code.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The Nordics are bloated compared with Singapore, and they have not focused enough on means-testing benefits.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

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