bloated
adjective
[ ˈbləʊtɪd ]
• swollen with fluid or gas.
• "he had a bloated, unshaven face"
Similar:
swollen,
puffed up/out,
blown up,
distended,
inflated,
enlarged,
expanded,
dilated,
tumefied,
bulging,
ballooning (up/out),
pumped up/out,
bloat
verb
• make or become swollen with fluid or gas.
• "the fungus has bloated their abdomens"
Origin:
late 17th century: from obsolete bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perhaps from Old Norse blautr ‘soft, flabby’.
bloat
verb
• cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.
Origin:
late 16th century: related to the adjective bloat used in the compound bloat herring ‘bloater’ from the late 16th to mid 17th century; of obscure origin.
