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bloatsome

bloatsome adjective: characterised or marked by bloating.

Adjective

bloatsome (comparative more bloatsome, superlative most bloatsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by bloating
    • What can I wear under these bloatsome circumstances that will be festive and fun, sexy and sharp but won't push down on Pearl's gift to my system? A nightshirt.2011, Fran Lebowitz, Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir
    • Would that I had never inherited that bloatsome and lugubrious legacy.2013, Mark McLaughlin, Best Little Witch-House in Arkham

Forms of bloatsome

comparativemore bloatsome
superlativemost bloatsome

Origin of bloatsome

From bloat + -some.

Questions about bloatsome

What does bloatsome mean?
Bloatsome means characterised or marked by bloating.
What part of speech is bloatsome?
Bloatsome is an adjective.

Words near bloatsome in the dictionary

  1. bloatiest
  2. bloatiness
  3. bloating
  4. bloatings
  5. bloats
  6. bloatsome
  7. bloatware
  8. bloaty
  9. blob
  10. blob of death
  11. blob off

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