CONGESTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does congested mean? 

• CONGESTED (adjective)
  The adjective CONGESTED has 1 sense:

1. overfull as with blood

  Familiarity information: CONGESTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGESTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overfull as with blood

Synonyms:

congested; engorged

Similar:

full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)

 Context examples 

Both of them were blue-lipped and insensible, with swollen, congested faces and protruding eyes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But so many were the men who had rushed into the Klondike, and so many were the sweethearts, wives, and kin that had not rushed in, that the congested mail was taking on Alpine proportions; also, there were official orders.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)