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Definitions for Congested
[1] to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
[2] Pathology . to cause an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel): The cold congested her sinuses.
[3] Obsolete . to heap together.
[4] to become congested: His throat congested with phlegm.
[5] crowded to excess; overfull
[6] (of an organ or part) loaded or clogged with blood
[7] (of the nose) blocked with mucus
[8] to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
[9] to overload or clog (an organ or part) with blood or (of an organ or part) to become overloaded or clogged with blood
[10] (tr; usually passive) to block (the nose) with mucus
Words related to Congested
congestcrowded, teeming, overcrowded, jammed, choked, glutted, stuffed, stopped, packed, closed, filled, overflowing, mobbed, crammed, gorged, stoppered, massed, chock-full, jam-packed
Words nearby Congested
congestcongenital syphilis, congenital total lipodystrophy, congenital valve, conger, congeries, congest, congested, congestion, congestion charging, congestive, congestive heart failure
Origin of Congested
1530–40; < Latin congestus (past participle of congerere; see congeries), equivalent to con- con- + ges- (variant stem of gerere ) + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Congested
con·gest·i·ble , adjective
con·ges·tive , adjective
non·con·ges·tive , adjective
pre·con·gest·ed , adjective
pre·con·ges·tive , adjective
su·per·con·gest·ed , adjective
un·con·gest·ed , adjective
un·con·ges·tive , adjective
Word origin for Congested
C16: from Latin congestus pressed together, from congerere to assemble; see congeries
Synonyms for Congested
choked, crowded, glutted, gridlocked, jammed, overcrowded, teeming, closed, crammed, filled, gorged, massed, mobbed, obstructed, occluded, overfilled, overflowing, packed, plugged, stopped, stoppered, stuffed, chock-full, jam-full, jam-packed, packed like sardines, stuffed-up, up to the rafters