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crowded

 
(krou'dĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Filled near or to capacity: a crowded bus.
  2. Filled with a crowd: a crowded plaza.
  3. Filled to such an extent as to be detrimental to the inhabitants: "By the mid-1800s children were being transported on 'orphan trains' from crowded eastern slums and institutions to the West" (Mary-Lou Weisman).
crowdedness crowd'ed'ness n.

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adjective

  1. Affording little room for movement: close, confining, cramped, narrow, snug, tight. See tighten/loosen.
  2. Having all parts near to each other: close, compact, dense, packed, thick, tight. See tighten/loosen.
  3. Excessively filled with detail: busy, cluttered, fussy. See simple/complex.


adj

Definition: busy, congested
Antonyms: empty, uncongested, uncrowded, unfilled

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Overfilled or compacted or concentrated.

pronunciation The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. — Florence Griffith Joyner 

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