bloated
pronunciation
How to pronounce bloated in British English:
UK [ˈbləʊtɪd]
How to pronounce bloated in American English:
US [ˈbloʊtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Word Origin
- bloated (adj.)
- "overgrown," 1660s, past participle adjective from bloat (v.). Figurative sense by 1711.
Example
- 1. They will also need to service bloated national debts .
- 2. Public finances have fallen into deficit thanks to bloated subsidies used mainly to keep utility and transport tariffs low .
- 3. The way to self respect is not through a bloated sense of pride ; this is a false type of self respect .
- 4. It is the market 's way of telling the bloated industry to contract , releasing capital and talent for use elsewhere in the economy .
- 5. Whatever may have been happening in the bloated banking and property sectors , there was no inflationary overheating in 2008 in the real economy .