congested.

So full of people, traffic, or activity that movement or normal operation is obstructed.

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Words that belong together

• congested streets
• congested junction
• congested city center

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Ambulances struggled to pass through the congested streets.

The city restricted deliveries to keep its center from becoming congested.

One closed crossing made every nearby junction congested.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Unlike merely crowded, implies a blockage or impaired flow. The medical sense is unrelated to this place-description record. Comparative: more congested; superlative: most congested. Participial source verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: congest, congests, congested, congested, congesting. Record these as same-lexeme form aliases, not additional vocabulary entries.