Overfed
adjective
Given too much food to eat.
The overfed cat could not move when its owner walked into the room.
Often appears as...
- overfed animals
- overfed pets
adjective
Given too much food to eat.
The overfed cat could not move when its owner walked into the room.
Often appears as...
- overfed animals
- overfed pets
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Overfed often implies excessive feeding with negative consequences for health or behavior.
The overfed dog became lethargic and overweight.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Usage
Commonly used to describe animals, pets, or metaphorically for people in critique of overindulgence.
The satire depicted an overfed society obsessed with consumption.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal and Figurative
Can be used in both a literal sense for physical feeding, or figuratively for giving too much of something.
He felt overfed with tedious details during the presentation.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Overfed often implies excessive feeding with negative consequences for health or behavior.
The overfed dog became lethargic and overweight.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Usage
Commonly used to describe animals, pets, or metaphorically for people in critique of overindulgence.
The satire depicted an overfed society obsessed with consumption.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal and Figurative
Can be used in both a literal sense for physical feeding, or figuratively for giving too much of something.
He felt overfed with tedious details during the presentation.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Overfed often implies excessive feeding with negative consequences for health or behavior.
The overfed dog became lethargic and overweight.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Usage
Commonly used to describe animals, pets, or metaphorically for people in critique of overindulgence.
The satire depicted an overfed society obsessed with consumption.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal and Figurative
Can be used in both a literal sense for physical feeding, or figuratively for giving too much of something.
He felt overfed with tedious details during the presentation.
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Video examples
Wolves Developent into...
growing like an ugly overfed brat too healthy to slow down too young and ambitious to care about what it destroys along the way in the Caramba Seaton had plenty of time to think about America's dwindling wildlife only a few years
Video examples
Wolves Developent into...
growing like an ugly overfed brat too healthy to slow down too young and ambitious to care about what it destroys along the way in the Caramba Seaton had plenty of time to think about America's dwindling wildlife only a few years
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
Of course, with well-masticated food playing the role of social glue, it's absolutely essential that everyone clear their plate. Sod the starving kiddies in Africa - it's the overfed ones here we need to worry about.
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Lesley Sharp
English Actress
A girl at school once said to me, 'You are an overfed, under-washed farmhand.' I was 12.
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Geri Halliwell
British Musician
I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.
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Alain Ducasse
French Chef
I am overfed, so when I am at home, I stop eating.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
Of course, with well-masticated food playing the role of social glue, it's absolutely essential that everyone clear their plate. Sod the starving kiddies in Africa - it's the overfed ones here we need to worry about.
Quote examples
Lesley Sharp
English Actress
A girl at school once said to me, 'You are an overfed, under-washed farmhand.' I was 12.
Quote examples
Geri Halliwell
British Musician
I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.
Quote examples
Alain Ducasse
French Chef
I am overfed, so when I am at home, I stop eating.
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