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bloated
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of BLOATED
1
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds <a bloated sense of his own importance>
Synonyms exaggerated, hyperbolized, inflated, outsize (also outsized), overblown, overdrawn, overweening
Related Words elaborated, embellished, embroidered, enlarged, hyped-up, magnified, overdone, overemphasized, overplayed, overstated, padded, stretched; grandiose, preposterous, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable
Near Antonyms realistic, reasonable
2
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure <a bloated stomach>
Synonyms blown, distended, overinflated, puffed, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, varicose (also varicosed)
Related Words ballooned, blown up, expanded; bulging, dilated, protuberant; ventricose; ballooning, dilating, turgescent
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