What does bloating mean?
Bloating means present participle and gerund of bloat.
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/ˈbləʊtɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of bloat.
The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.
Use bloating when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bloating means present participle and gerund of bloat.
Common synonyms include bloatedness, swelling, turgidity, bloating.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.
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