as in plump
having an excess of body fat
the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor
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Recent Examples of obese
Nutrients reported that artichoke leaf extract reversed the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, including waist circumference and high blood sugar, in obese rats fed a high-fat diet.7 The same has yet to be shown in humans.
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Yasmine S. Ali, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
Always eyeing the horizon for the next easy buck, like a leering obese card sharp with an orange comb over on a steamboat chugging down the Mississippi, Trump appears unsatisfied with his crypto scams and international resort extortions.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
The participants were overweight or obese and had slightly high blood pressure or hypertension.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 12 June 2025
People with conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure or high cholesterol should also be careful, along with people who smoke, are very inactive, are obese or are sedentary.
—Rebecca Powell, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Yasmine S. Ali, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
Always eyeing the horizon for the next easy buck, like a leering obese card sharp with an orange comb over on a steamboat chugging down the Mississippi, Trump appears unsatisfied with his crypto scams and international resort extortions.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
The participants were overweight or obese and had slightly high blood pressure or hypertension.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 12 June 2025
People with conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure or high cholesterol should also be careful, along with people who smoke, are very inactive, are obese or are sedentary.
—Rebecca Powell, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obese
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During early October’s harvest, when golden Chasselas grapes are at their plump and juicy peak, explore medieval villages and 10th-century stone walls on foot, like on a 6.8-mile hike from St. Saphorin to Lutry, and visit cellars aboard the Lavaux Express train.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
18 July 2025
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Ripe cherries should be large and plump, while undersized cherries likely need more time to mature.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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As if the fleeting raindrops themselves were fat, lazy flies.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Peabody closed Tuesday at $17.34, and the stock pays a dividend yield of 1.7% — fatter than the S & P 500 yield of 1.18%.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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In 2022, more than 2.5 billion adults globally were overweight, of whom 890 million were obese, according to the World Health Organization .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Being overweight or obese can mean a person is much more susceptible to debilitating long-term conditions like diabetes, heart disease and stroke.—
Hank Naughton,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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On one play late on practice, Melton blanketed rookie, first round draft choice Matthew Golden and Jordan Love’s deep ball fell incomplete.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Here, as in a proper pancake, the round, custardy flavor of egg is a keypiece of the over-all story, along with white-sugar sweetness and an edge of buttery-toasty flour.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Obese.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obese. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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