clogged

Examples

• All

• And those are ingredients which will help prevent the pores from getting clogged in the first place.

• Anger was flaming up in his chest; his throat was tight and clogged.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I think the one in the back is clogged, no?

  Step Up All In (2014)

• Looks like a clogged pipe, like we get in New York.

  Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

• So the roads are clogged and the airports get over capacity and so forth.

• Excuse me, the toilet's clogged.

  No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker (2008)

• The manager's office had a clogged drain.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The problem with this is the nozzle gets so clogged it's super annoying.

  Tati

• Her chest felt tight and clogged, as if she were drowning, her lungs filling with water.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Within minutes, she was cooking something that, even through my clogged nose, I recognized as the fragrance of love.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

C

congested

vsclogged

14 4.4

Too full to allow movement, for example during heavy traffic

describes true stoppage rather than mere crowding or fullness

S

stopped-up

vsclogged

1 4.2

An opening like a drain or pipe that is blocked so nothing can pass through

describes the same result but often stresses the filling cause

G

gridlocked

vsclogged

1 4.6

Unable to move because of very heavy traffic

is the broader word for obstruction, not limited to traffic situations

B

blocked

vsclogged

1.7

Closed so nothing can pass through, for example a nose or road

is similar but often implies material build up causing the stoppage

O

obstructed

vsclogged

4.6

Blocked so movement, view, or access is difficult

is similar but more about inside buildup rather than external barriers

C

choked

vsclogged

4.3

Blocked or full so nothing can pass through

means the same obstruction but often from gradual accumulation rather than tight closure

O

occluded

vsclogged

• Specialized

8.0

Stopped so nothing can pass through, like a pipe or a blood vessel

is the everyday term for the same loss of flow or movement

I

ice-clogged

vsclogged

• UK

7.1

A place where ice blocks the way so people or vehicles cannot move through

is the general obstruction term not limited to a particular cause

P

pluggy

vsclogged

8.9

Blocked so air or water cannot pass easily

refers more clearly to actual material causing the flow problem

Antonyms

C

clear

866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

Compounds

I

ice-clogged

• UK

7.1

A place where ice blocks the way so people or vehicles cannot move through

How Blocked

sealed

2.5

clogged

6 2.8

narrowed

2.7

clear

866 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology