congested
Meaning of congested
adjective
- (of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
the congested streets of the West End
the streets are often heavily congested with traffic
- (of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood.
congested arteries
late Middle English (as congest in the sense ‘heap up, accumulate’): from Latin congerere ‘heap up’, from con- ‘together’ + gerere ‘bring’.
verb, past tense- crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
uncontrolled development will congest our streets
crowds of shoppers were congesting the outlets and malls
the traffic flow will congest in this area
- cause (a part of the body) to fill abnormally with blood or other fluid.
high-pressured adrenaline congested my veins
the tonsils congest and swell
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Hyphenation of congested
con-gested
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- congested is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
congested synonyms
Meaning engorged:
Meaning (of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed:
Meaning (of accommodation or a space) filled beyond what is comfortable, safe, or desirable:
Meaning containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space:
Meaning containing an excessive amount of something:
Meaning flooding or flowing over a surface or area:
Meaning (of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area):
Meaning (of a room, building, or other place) filled by a large number of people; very crowded:
Meaning squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space:
Meaning be full of or swarming with:
Meaning moving in or forming a large or dense group:
Meaning loaded with too great a burden or cargo:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter:
Meaning (of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air:
Meaning block or fill in (a hole or cavity):
Meaning (of a place) extremely crowded:
congested antonyms
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Anagrams of congested
Words that rhyme with congested
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