abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
If you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is larger and less efficient than it should be. its massive state apparatus and bloated bureaucracy
Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc
If you feel bloated after eating a large meal, you feel very full and uncomfortable. Diners do not want to leave the table feeling bloated
If someone's body or a part of their body is bloated, it is much larger than normal, usually because it has a lot of liquid or gas inside it. the bloated body of a dead bullock His face was bloated. = swollen