stopped-up
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈstɑːpt ʌp/
- His heart was beating fast, and his breathing seemed a little troubled; his nose stopped up.
- stopped-up nose
Examples
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That sink's stopped up again.
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Not in the stomach, but down here where the lower digestive system is stopped up.
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He discovered that it was stopped up.
Fiction book (1993) -
His ears felt stopped up, as though there were a silence so loud that everything else was muffled.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rose had a rare tropical disease, and the little tubes in her that babies swim down are all stopped up; she told me all about it.
Fiction book (1991) -
"With both my fallopian tubes stopped up, GIFT can't help." "Holy Toledo!" Marissa exclaimed.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now about that headline, some of my symptoms have abated, like the dry throat in the morning and the stopped-up nose that causes it, and some have gotten way worse, like the eyelids glued shut by dried secretions from my "watery" eyes.
Blog text (31) -
When I have a cold, my nose gets stopped-up and I find it hard to breathe.
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The pollen made my nose feel stopped-up, and I had to use a tissue to clear it.
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After the long flight, I woke up with a stopped-up nose due to the dry air in the cabin.
Synonyms
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2.8
Stopped from moving or flowing because something is blocking it
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3.6
A body part full of extra blood or liquid that is swollen
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5.1
Blocked so air cannot pass through, often in the nose after a cold
A nose that is blocked so air cannot pass easily
Blocked so air or water cannot pass easily
Blocked or full so nothing can pass through
Antonyms
How Blocked
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Morphology
Etymology
The word stopped-up comes from stop meaning 'to block' and up meaning 'completely'. Think of your nose as a little road that is blocked so air cannot pass, which is why a stopped-up nose feels hard to breathe through.