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bloated


bloated/ˈbləʊtəd, ˈbləʊtɪd $ ˈbloʊ-/ adjective
[date : 1600-1700; Origin : bloat 'to swell' (17-21 centuries), from bloat 'swollen' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse blautr 'soft, swollen with liquid']
1. full of liquid, gas, food etc, so that you look or feel much larger than normal:
  ▪ a red bloated face
  ▪ I feel really bloated after that meal.

2. if you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively:
  ▪ the bloated state bureaucracy

adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bloated fish, floating in the river
He fell onto the sofa, his stomach bloated with food.
I feel really bloated. I wish I hadn't eaten so much.
I felt so bloated after Thanksgiving dinner.
the bloated government bureaucracy
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
Even their baby is bloated, and wanting more.
Gobbla, his hugely bloated and eternally hungry Cave Squig would feed well.
It is a star in serious trouble, with bright bloated lobes of gas swelling off it, announcing its death throes.
Once, before she was born, her father had found a curious bloated and boggle-eyed fish on the shore.
Santa's first shock came from the tape measure - the Claus tum measured a bloated 47 inches.
There, in the bloated stomach of that snake, Pula's story ended.

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