bloated
/ˈbləʊtɪd/adjective
उच्चारण ब्लोटिड
फूला हुआ, सूजा हुआ
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
- 1
full of liquid or gas and therefore bigger than normal, in a way that is unpleasant
फूला हुआ, सूजा हुआ
- I feel bloated after that heavy meal.
- I felt bloated after drinking three glasses of cold drink.
- My stomach felt bloated after the long journey on rough roads.
+ 2 more examples
- Her face looked bloated from lack of sleep.
- The dead fish floated in the pond, its body bloated.
- 2
disapproving
too large; containing too many people
(संस्था) ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा बड़ी, भरी हुई
- a bloated bureaucracy
- The company's bloated management has too many layers of officers.
- Critics say the department has become bloated and slow.
+ 2 more examples
- A bloated budget does not always bring better schools.
- The bloated cast of the film left little room for a plot.
Synonyms oversized overgrown excessive inflated
Opposite lean streamlined efficient
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
feel / look bloated
Bloated follows verbs such as feel, look and seem to describe a stomach or body swollen with gas, water or food.
गैस, पानी या भोजन से फूले हुए पेट या शरीर का वर्णन करने के लिए 'bloated' के पहले feel, look या seem आता है।
- I feel bloated after eating too many samosas.
- The dead fish looked bloated.
bloated + with / from + cause
Use with for what fills it, and from for the reason: bloated with gas, bloated from overeating.
जिससे भरा हो उसके लिए 'with' और कारण के लिए 'from' आता है: bloated with gas, bloated from overeating।
- His stomach was bloated with gas.
- She felt bloated from drinking too much cold water.
bloated + noun (too large)
Figuratively, bloated describes something too big or overstaffed: a bloated budget, a bloated bureaucracy.
आलंकारिक रूप में 'bloated' किसी बहुत बड़ी या ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा कर्मचारियों वाली चीज़ का वर्णन करता है: a bloated budget।
- The report criticised the bloated bureaucracy.
- A bloated syllabus leaves little time for revision.
bloat (verb) and bloating (noun)
Bloat is the verb, bloating is the noun for the condition, and bloated is the adjective.
'Bloat' verb है, 'bloating' इस स्थिति का noun है और 'bloated' adjective है।
- Lentils can cause bloating in some people.
+Collocations 4
adverb + bloated
feellookbadlyslightlypainfully
- After the wedding feast, everyone felt slightly bloated.
bloated + noun
stomachbudgetstaffcompanyface
- The company has a bloated management and rising costs.
bloated + with
gaswaterfoodpridepaperwork
- The rotten fruit was bloated with water.
cause + bloating
overeatingsaltfizzy drinksgasheavy meals
- Fizzy drinks often cause bloating.
“More examples 5
- My stomach felt bloated after the Diwali sweets.
दीवाली की मिठाइयाँ खाने के बाद मेरा पेट फूला हुआ महसूस हुआ।
- The river carried the bloated body of a buffalo downstream.
नदी एक भैंस के फूले हुए शव को बहाकर आगे ले गई।
- The government plans to cut its bloated administrative costs.
सरकार अपने फूले हुए प्रशासनिक खर्चों में कटौती की योजना बना रही है।
- Radhika's face looked bloated because of lack of sleep.
नींद की कमी के कारण राधिका का चेहरा सूजा हुआ लग रहा था।
- The textbook became bloated with unnecessary details.
पाठ्यपुस्तक अनावश्यक विवरणों से भर गई थी।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I feel bloat after dinner.
✓ I feel bloated after dinner.
After feel, use the adjective bloated, not the verb or noun bloat.
'Feel' के बाद adjective 'bloated' आता है, verb या noun 'bloat' नहीं।
✗ The bureaucracy is bloating with staff.
✓ The bureaucracy is bloated with staff.
A state of being too large is described with the adjective bloated.
बहुत बड़ी स्थिति का वर्णन adjective 'bloated' से होता है।
✗ She felt bloated after to eat so much.
✓ She felt bloated after eating so much.
After is a preposition and takes an -ing form.
'After' preposition है और इसके बाद -ing रूप आता है।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
bloat·ed
?Which word?
Keep the swollen words together: bloated (with gas or liquid), swollen (larger because of injury or illness), distended (stretched and swollen, medical), inflated (filled with air; also too high: 'inflated prices').
सूजन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: bloated (गैस या तरल से), swollen (चोट या बीमारी से बड़ा), distended (खिंचा और सूजा, चिकित्सीय), inflated (हवा भरा; बहुत ऊँचा भी: 'inflated prices')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Feel bloated, a bloated bureaucracy (too many officials), a bloated budget.
Collocations: feel bloated, a bloated bureaucracy (बहुत अधिक अधिकारी), a bloated budget।