Bloated

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  • adjective. Much bigger than desired.
  • adjective. Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Swollen; puffed up; inflated; overgrown, so as to be unwieldy, especially from over-indulgence in eating and drinking; pampered: as, “a bloated mass,”
  • Connected with or arising from self-indulgence: as, “bloated slumber,”
  • Inordinately swollen in amount, possessions, self-esteem, etc.; puffed up with pride or wealth: as, a bloated estate; bloated capitalists; a bloated pretender.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bloat.
  • adjective. Swollen with fluid or gas.
  • adjective. Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
  • adjective. Describing software which is overloaded with features, known as bloatware.
  • adjective. Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring).
  • Word Usage
    "Previous administrations have long been criticized for cutting what they called a "bloated" central office only to add more bureaucracy with higher-paying salaries."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    boated  coated  demoted  devoted  floated  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bulbous  fleshy  gaunt  gnarled  hairless  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    bloat