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obese

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o·bese  (-bs)
adj.
Extremely fat; grossly overweight. See Synonyms at fat.

[Latin obsus, from past participle of *obedere, to eat away : ob-, away; see ob- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

o·besely adv.
o·beseness n.

obese [əʊˈbiːs]
adj
(Medicine) excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
[from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat]
obesity , obeseness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.obeseobese - excessively fat; "a weighty man"    
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

obese
adjective fat, overweight, heavy, solid, gross, plump, stout, fleshy, beefy (informal), tubby, portly, outsize, roly-poly, rotund, podgy, corpulent, elephantine, paunchy, well-upholstered (informal), Falstaffian Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean ones.
thin, lean, slender, skinny, gaunt, skeletal, emaciated, scraggy
Translations
obese ʊˈbiːs] ADJobeso

obese ʊˈbiːs] adjobèse

obese
adjfettleibig (form, Med), → feist (pej)

obese [əʊˈbiːs] adj (frm) → obeso/a
obese [əʊˈbiːs] adj (frm) → obeso/a

obese
adj obese [əˈbiːs]
(of people) very fat. vetsugtige سَمين много дебел otylý smækfed fettleibig παχύσαρκος obeso rasvunud بسیار چاق liikalihava obèse שָׁמֶן מְאוֹד अत्यधिक मोटा pretio elhízott sangat gemuk akfeitur obeso 太った 비대한 apkūnus, nutukęs tukls, korpulents gemuk gedempol corpulent (svært) overvektig otyły obeso obez тучный tučný tolst debeo mycket fet อ้วนเกินไป çok şişman 過度肥胖的,肥胖的 гладкий, ожирілий موٹا، لحيم شحيم béo phì
n oˈbesity
Obesity is a danger to health. vetheid, swaarlywigheid, gesetheid سِمْنَه свръх дебелина otylost fedme die Fettleibigkeit παχυσαρκία obesidad lihavus چاقی liikalihavuus obésité עוֹדֶף מִשקָל מוּגזָם मोटापा pretilost hájasság obesitas offita obesità 肥満 비만 apkūnumas, nutukimas tuklums, korpulence keadaan gemuk gedempol corpulentie ekstrem fedme otyłość obesidade obezitate тучность tučnota debelost debljina [] fetma โรคอ้วน şişmanlık 肥胖症 огрядність, гладкість موٹاپا sự béo phì

obese بَدِين obézní smækfed fettleibig παχύσαρκος obeso liikalihava obèse pretio obeso 肥満した 뚱뚱한 zwaarlijvig fet otyły obeso страдающий ожирением mycket överviktig อ้วนเกินไป obez béo phị 肥胖的


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He had the choler of the obese, easily roused and as easily calmed, and his boys soon discovered that there was much kindliness beneath the invective with which he constantly assailed them.
With his jutting nose, flat-topped skull and sable garments he recalled an obese raven, and when he heard of the disaster he manifested his astonishment and concern in a most plebeian manner by a low and expressive whistle.
He was married to an American woman, obese and slatternly, fallen to this pass by Heaven knows what process of degradation, and every day the boarders took it in turns to help her with the housework.
 
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