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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 [oh-beess]
Adjective
very fat [Latin obesus]
obesity 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 << OPPOSITE thin
Translations
Spanish obese [əuˈbiːs] adjobeso
French obese [əuˈbiːs] adjobèse
German obese [əuˈbiːs] adjfettleibig
Italian obese [əuˈbiːs] adjobeso/a

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