obese
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3.8
- adjective
- /oʊˈbiːs/
:
obeso
- The obese women seemed to be less autonomous than the obese men in this study.
- become obese
- obese adults
- obese children
And just by seeing that they're obese, I know they're unhealthy.
- And just by seeing that they're obese, I know they're unhealthy.
- And one of the couple is very obese, the other is very slim.
- Even worse, what if blaming the obese means we're blaming the victims?
- I was borderline obese most of my childhood.
- So nearly twice as many people who are obese than are underweight.
- Like if people were saying the judgement against being obese is racist, then at least OK.
- I'm sure that you know that being obese or morbidly obese is not healthy.
- And so they're now treatment clinics in Beijing for obese children.
- But it was very rare that there was an obese kid.
- Every time you see somebody on TV that's obese, right?
- You know, people, you know, people who have become quite obese.
- Dang, that is a lot of obese people.
- However, if you become obese, shame on you.
- I mean, it wasn't obese, but shut up.
- We're dying our well-being, we are really, really obese, depressed.
Examples
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Why are half our nation's children obese or overweight?
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There appeared to be no differences in total dependency between the obese sample and the control sample.
Academic text (1994) -
But even those obese kids lost weight as well.
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Turns out obese people age faster in blood.
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And the more obese, the more the risk.
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Half of the people are depressed and obese.
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I was borderline obese most of my childhood.
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The percentage of King County residents who are overweight or obese has risen rapidly since the late 1980s.
Academic text (2008) -
To the platform came a somewhat obese man in a long maroon robe.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many children in our community are classified as obese due to poor diets and lack of exercise.
Synonyms
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5.8
Having a round, plump shape like a ball
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7.3
A person who is very fat with a large, heavy body
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7.4
A person with a large belly that sticks out around the middle
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4.7
Having too much body fat
Being very overweight
Antonyms
How Overweight
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word obese comes from Latin parts ob- 'over' and edere 'to eat', so it originally gave the idea of someone who 'ate too much'. That's why obese now describes a person with too much body fat, often to the point that it can harm their health.