congested

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

Examples of congested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cooper said the system reduced overall delays along the OST corridor by about 15% in congested conditions. —Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026

Roads are still congested, even as many firms encourage staff to work from home, and some schools have gone remote. —Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026

The area’s large tourist population contributes a constant volume of unfamiliar drivers to already heavily congested roads, with traffic patterns that shift significantly between peak tourist season and the summer months but never truly slow to manageable levels on the area’s major corridors. —Anton Lucanus april 3, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026

The drums hit firmly, and the vocals are clear, though the lack of stereo still makes for a congested soundstage that can affect clarity. —Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

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