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Dictionary: o·bese   (ō-bēs') pronunciation
adj.
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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adj

Definition: very overweight
Antonyms: emaciated, skinny, thin, underweight


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Very fat.

pronunciation 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

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비만한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - でっぷり太った, 肥満した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سمين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שמן מאוד, בריא בשר‬


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