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

According to witnesses, residents were among the first to reach the school in a congested neighborhood in central Peshawar. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

To fund a baseball stadium with taxpayer dollars would be a gross misappropriation of taxpayer dollars that could be used to fix our congested roadways. — Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Residents say the additional development would bring more traffic to already congested rural roads and take away green space they were promised. — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

The four lane road is beyond congested and will get worse when the apartment complexes currently under construction are finished. — Stephen Korka, Sun Sentinel, 13 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