Extremely fat; grossly overweight. See synonyms at fat.
[Latin obēsus, from past participle of *obedere, to eat away : ob-, away; see ob- + edere, to eat.]
obesely o·bese'ly adv.obeseness o·bese'ness n.
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Definition: very overweight
Antonyms: emaciated, skinny, thin, underweight
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Characterized by obesity.
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The obese passenger sat at one end of the boat and the rest of the passengers sat at the other.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sygelig overvægtig, lasket
Nederlands (Dutch)
zwaarlijvig, gezet
Français (French)
adj. - obèse
Deutsch (German)
adj. - fett(leibig)
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παχύσαρκος, τετράπαχος
Italiano (Italian)
obeso, corpulento
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - obeso
Русский (Russian)
полный, тучный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - obeso
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mycket (sjukligt) fet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
肥胖的, 肥大的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肥胖的, 肥大的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - でっぷり太った, 肥満した
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שמן מאוד, בריא בשר
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