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obese
[ oh-bees ]
adjective
- very fat or overweight; corpulent.
obese
/ əʊˈbiːs /
adjective
- excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
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Derived Forms
- oˈbesity, noun
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Other Words From
- o·besely adverb
- o·besi·ty o·beseness noun
- over·o·bese adjective
- over·o·besely adverb
- over·o·beseness noun
- super·o·bese adjective
- uno·bese adjective
- uno·besely adverb
- uno·beseness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obese1
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Example Sentences
Especially in the U.S., where fast food restaurants are abundant and two-thirds of people are overweight or obese.
In addition, the obese people…were all under a BMI of 35, which may have played a role.
“In the Human Microbiome Project, there were only 24 obese individuals out of 200,” Watson told The Daily Beast.
Indeed, at least one study showed that people who watch the program develop more bias against the obese.
We might learn enough that we start treating the obese with the compassion they deserve—which may just be the medicine we need.
Obese Englishman hearing this on arrival, asked why this quality should be confined to application to cloth?
A very obese man was he, my boy, with certain sweet-oiliness of manner, and never out of patients.
They were very small and bright, as the eyes of the obese often are, or as they seem by contrast with a large crass face.
An obese individual sometimes surprises us, however, by his ambition and immaculateness.
The fat woman's refusal to worry keeps the wrinkles away and as long as she does not become obese she remains attractive.
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