congested

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adjective

con·​gest·​ed kən-ˈje-stəd 

1

: extremely or excessively full or crowded

… it must be clear that the continuance is not being granted solely because of the court's congested calendar.

—The National Law Journal

Under the pressure of the weather conditions, congested traffic and wind shear, the crew never was able to stabilize the airplane on the ILS approach into JFK and had to execute a missed approach.

—Patrick R. Veillette

2

medical : containing an excessive accumulation especially of blood or mucus

congested lungs/sinuses

congested

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past tense and past participle of congest

Examples of congested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The journey, which combines blue, orange and white-blazed trails, will take at least three or four hours and offers a less congested alternative to a loop like the one in Black Bear Wilderness Area. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

Agencies in Miami-Dade County, the most populous and congested of Florida’s 67 counties, , were more restrictive in their chase policies than agencies elsewhere, the Herald found. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Ushuaia, Argentina’s long-standing polar gateway, had grown intensely congested, and Combrink was scouting an alternative. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Layered voices and high strings can easily turn harsh or congested on lesser hardware, and the Sport Open Earbuds handled them reasonably well. — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for congested

• arrested
• attested
• contested
• detested
• digested
• divested
• infested
• ingested
• invested
• molested
• pretested
• protested

Medical Definition

congested

adjective

con·​gest·​ed kən-ˈjes-təd 

: containing an excessive accumulation especially of blood or mucus

congested mucous membranes

congested lungs