overstuffed

American  

[oh-ver-stuhft] / ˈoʊ vərˌstʌft /

adjective

1. stuffed or filled to excess.

2. Furniture. having the entire frame covered by stuffing and upholstery, so that only decorative woodwork or the like is exposed.

   an overstuffed sofa.

3. filled with tedious or extraneous material; overlong.

   an overstuffed biography.

4. obese; corpulent.

   an overstuffed man who was a compulsive eater.

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Etymology

Origin of overstuffed

First recorded in 1920–25; overstuff + -ed ²

Example Sentences

I realize I’m lightly kicking the top of my overstuffed backpack and stop.

From Literature

At times, however, the prose can feel overstuffed, as if mirroring the abundance of the dictionary it celebrates.

From The Wall Street Journal

The album is overstuffed, eccentric, kitsch, dramatic and a little bit exhausting.

From BBC

It can feel overstuffed, and some sections of this thematically arranged presentation can feel tenuously connected to the central idea of “what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

While some have praised it as a feast, others have found it overstuffed, with some undercooked morsels behind the impressive presentation.

From BBC

Related Words

• corpulent
• obese
• pudgy