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stuffed

stuffed

1 1.0
Feeling very full after eating a lot
  • adjective
  • /stʌft/
  • Informal
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  • We could go and and cut some grass and wilt it and just eat our feel of it until we're stuffed and we'll get no nutritional value from that.

I tried, OK, Finished up with eating absolutely stuffed was great though.

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Examples

  • I feel so stuffed and I just don't know why I'm so messy.

  • We weren't expecting it and we ate loads of food and now we're all just stuffed and tired.

  • I tried, OK, Finished up with eating absolutely stuffed was great though.

  • You can see just how wonderfully stuffed she is, which I love.

  • But what he told me is you should all, you should be so stuffed that you should feel like you're about to throw up at any time.

  • But I'm stuffed and sneezing and don't want to spread it around.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • You're going to eat until you're comfortably stuffed in your one or two meals a day.

  • She looks strangely stuffed and enormously uncomfortable.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • After the big feast, I felt completely stuffed and had to relax on the couch.

  • She couldn't eat another bite because she was already stuffed from dinner.

Synonyms

full
vsstuffed
853 1.0

Not wanting more food or drink after eating enough

describes the same state but often after a very large amount of food
bloated
vsstuffed
70 5.0

A part of the body that is swollen and uncomfortable from extra gas or liquid

refers to normal digestive heaviness after eating a lot rather than swelling
overfed
vsstuffed
1 3.0

A person or animal that is given more food than the body needs and is too heavy

focuses on the immediate sensation of having eaten a large amount
stuffed to the gills
vsstuffed
  • Informal
1 7.6

Completely full with no space left

is a less extreme feeling of very satisfied after eating a large meal
stuffed like a turkey
vsstuffed
  • Informal
1 9.1

Having eaten so much that you feel uncomfortable and want to rest

is the common sensation of being very satisfied without always causing pain
replete
vsstuffed
1 6.7

Feeling full and satisfied after eating or drinking

is the informal everyday sense of being very satisfied after a large meal
satiated
vsstuffed
1 5.5

Having eaten enough that you do not want more food

focuses more on bodily overfullness that may cause discomfort
full as a goog
vsstuffed
  • Archaic
9.9

Very full after eating and feeling uncomfortable

is the everyday feeling of being very satisfied without extra emphasis
filled
vsstuffed
1.0

Full of something that takes up most of it

describes the bodily sensation from eating a large amount rather than container fullness

Antonyms

1.0

Feeling a need to eat

1.0

Not containing anything

Idioms

1 7.6

Completely full with no space left

1 9.1

Having eaten so much that you feel uncomfortable and want to rest

Compounds

A mushroom cap filled with a tasty mix like cheese or meat usually cooked in an oven

stuffed shirt
  • Offensive
3 8.2

A person who is too formal and thinks they are very important

A cabbage leaf wrapped around meat and cooked, often served with tomato sauce

A hollow tomato filled with rice, meat and vegetables and served hot or cold

Peppers hollowed out and filled with rice, meat, or vegetables then cooked

A dish of grape leaves filled with seasoned rice and sometimes meat, cooked until soft

A tomato hollowed out and filled with a salad, served cold

A tomato hollowed out, filled with a savory mix, and baked briefly

9.9

A traditional Jewish dish of roasted bird intestines filled with matzo crumbs and fat

A hard-boiled egg cut in half with the yolk mixed with mayonnaise and spices and put back into the white

How Full

bloated
70 5.0
stuffed
  • Informal
1 1.0
full
853 1.0
satisfied
38 1.0

Surface Forms

stuffed positive

Morphology

stuffed = stuff (semi-transparent) = stuff + ed

The connection to 'stuff' is clear, but the specific meaning of feeling full after eating is not a standard grammatical derivation.

Etymology

Stuffed comes from the simple word stuff, which means 'things or material you put into something'. So when you are stuffed after a big meal you are 'filled' with food and feel very full.