bloated
swollen; puffed up; overlarge.
excessively vain; conceited.
excessively fat; obese.
Origin of bloated
1Other words from bloated
- bloat·ed·ness, noun
- un·bloat·ed, adjective
Words Nearby bloated
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How to use bloated in a sentence
The research, published on March 1 in the open-access journal Conservation Letters, found that male researchers in predominantly wealthy countries have a severely bloated footprint in the major ecology journals.
Conservation and ecology research tackles global issues without global input | Ellie Shechet | March 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA side effect of these kinds of legacy promotional structures is they can lead to bloated organizations.
‘What got us here won’t get us there’: Agencies experiment with promotional structures to cultivate talent | Jessica Davies | March 3, 2021 | DigidaySo, I chose “Dallas,” the iconic nighttime ’80s-era drama about the Ewings, a Texas family bloated with ambition, pride, sexual shenanigans, revenge and money.
To detox from the news, I binge-watched ‘Dallas.’ It was more than just fun. | Sibbie O'Sullivan | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostYet the 21st century’s most ruthlessly efficient retailer has been trying for several years now to gain a bigger foothold in the bloated, borderline nonsensical health system of the world’s richest nation.
They’d heard politicians pay lip service to caring for American families and American children while raiding school budgets to pay for bloated favors to lobbyists and campaign contributors.
Political cynicism has given way to love in Christian America | jakemeth | October 28, 2020 | Fortune
There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was our own version of what happens when a band becomes over-bloated with its own confidence,” Fogarino, 45, continues.
Interpol on the Arrogance of Believing Their Own Myth and Life After Carlos D. | Melissa Leon | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were being carried out and the stench of their rotting flesh and bloated guts made it hard to examine them closely.
By the time that you see them, they're bloated into surrealist Arcimboldo paintings, into soft constructions of rotten fruit.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther, bloated and decomposing corpses are piled on top of them.
The bloated enemy, as regards Scotland, was dead before Dr. Campbell had ever penned a line.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieHe has become the demigod of the bloated manufacturing, mining, and landlord interests throughout the country.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 | VariousEven the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated.
Dracula | Bram StokerAccording to degree of exposure, their faces were bloated and black or yellow and shrunken.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceHis bloated face betrayed him an inveterate drunkard; his staring little eyes blinked humbly.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories | Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for bloated
/ (ˈbləʊtɪd) /
swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
puffed up, as with conceit
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