bloated

CEFRC1

/ˈbloʊtɪd/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Unpleasantly swollen or filled with too much.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.

Examples

  • The bloated profits of farmers at the time were something again.

  • My lower abdomen feels bloated.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Swollen with fluid or gas.

  2. Excessively overloaded with features, like bloatware.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of bloat

More examples

In context

  • a bloated herring

  • For large firms, the SketchUp Workflow for Architecture will fit in where a bloated, overfeatured software suite is not necessary.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After eating the huge meal, he felt uncomfortably blank and had to loosen his belt.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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