stopped - Glite Dictionary

Examples

My cold left me with a stopped nose for days.
If your nose feels stopped, try using a saline spray to help you breathe.
Allergy season always gives her a stopped nose in the mornings.
He feels stopped because of his allergies.
During the winter, she often wakes up with a stopped nose that makes it hard to breathe.
He struggled to sleep because his stopped nose was making it difficult to get enough air.
After catching a cold, my stopped nose made me feel miserable for days.

Synonyms

stopped-up

vsstopped

2 5.3

A nose that is blocked so air cannot pass easily

is the same sense but appears without the hyphen in writing

stopped up

vsstopped

1 5.1

Blocked so air cannot pass through, often in the nose after a cold

is milder, meaning air cannot easily pass rather than complete blockage

blocked

vsstopped

1.7

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

is specific to nasal breathing difficulty rather than general blockages

choked

vsstopped

4.3

Blocked or full so nothing can pass through

is less intense, meaning partial nasal blockage that still limits airflow

Antonyms

unobstructed

9 4.6

Not blocked so you can see or move through

Compounds

stopped-up

1 4.2

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

stopped play

1 4.3

A pause in a game because of bad weather or other events

How Blocked

blocked

1.7

stopped

1.8

stuffy

5 3.7

clear

866 1.0

Surface Forms

stopped positive

Morphology

stopped = stop (transparent) = stopp + ed

This is a regular participial adjective from 'stop', and the meaning 'blocked' is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

Stopped comes from an old word that meant 'to plug' or 'to block', and it is the same idea as a stopper you put in a bottle. So a stopped nose is like your nose being 'plugged', and air cannot pass through.