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overfed

overfed

1 3.0
A person or animal that is given more food than the body needs and is too heavy
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈfɛd/
translation icon : sobrealimentado
  • Many overfed Americans are facing health issues related to their diets and lifestyle choices.

When you're overfed it's hard to be hungry and so let's make sure we balance it.

Examples

  • She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

    Blog text (13)
  • Due to being overfed, the child found it difficult to keep up with his friends during the game.

  • There are plenty of things a person can do after dinner instead of waddling around like an overfed pig.

  • When you're overfed it's hard to be hungry and so let's make sure we balance it.

  • The overfed haves pass the immigration laws to keep out the starving have-nots.

  • Watching him prowl the real grass in front of my console like some overfed house tabby, you’d never guess he was once one of the most dangerous humans in the galaxy.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • He watched a family from Arkansas or Missouri standing before them: three overfed children shoving each other, sucking on their Cokes, their parents standing stiffly, equally overfed and uncomfortable.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The overfed dog struggled to run around the yard after consuming too much food.

Synonyms

obese
vsoverfed
126 3.8

Having too much body fat that can cause health problems

means eaten too much causing extra weight rather than a long-term disease
stuffed
vsoverfed
  • Informal
1 1.0

Feeling very full after eating a lot

is eating more than needed that can cause extra weight or harm
satiated
vsoverfed
1 5.5

Having eaten enough that you do not want more food

implies eating too much and extra weight rather than calm satisfaction

Antonyms

3 3.4

Not having enough food to be healthy

How Well-Fed

overfed
1 3.0
well-fed
20 1.1
satisfied
38 1.0
hungry
1.0
starving
1 1.4

Surface Forms

overfed positive
overfeder comparative
overfedest superlative

Morphology

overfed = overfeed (transparent) = over + feed + ed

The verb 'overfeed' is a clear composition of 'over' (excessive) + 'feed', and adding '-ed' produces the past participle/adjectival form, so learners who know 'over' and 'feed' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Overfed combines over- meaning 'too much' and fed (from feed, 'to give food'). So it literally means 'given too much food', which is why we use it for people or animals who have eaten more than they need and may be overweight.