bloated

[bloh-tid]

adjective

1. swollen; puffed up; overlarge.

2. excessively vain; conceited.

3. excessively fat; obese.

bloated

/ ˈbləʊtɪd /

adjective

1. swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind

2. puffed up, as with conceit

Other Word Forms

• bloatedness noun
• unbloated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloated¹

First recorded in 1655–65; bloat + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Wall Street has plenty to be thankful for right now, with hopes of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in December helping investors to get over some of their fears about bloated artificial-intelligence valuations.

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The result is bloated discussions, sluggish decisions and diluted expertise.

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Songs like “No Good Deed” and “March of the Witch Hunters” are chopped up and rearranged to allow for more dialogue and less emoting, distending the film into a bloated heap.

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Stock futures were sliding Friday on continued concerns about bloated artificial-intelligence valuations following the previous session’s stunning selloff.

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Stock futures were sliding Friday on continued concerns about bloated artificial-intelligence valuations following the previous session’s stunning selloff.

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