overstuffed
Americanadjective
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stuffed or filled to excess.
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Furniture. having the entire frame covered by stuffing and upholstery, so that only decorative woodwork or the like is exposed.
an overstuffed sofa.
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filled with tedious or extraneous material; overlong.
an overstuffed biography.
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obese; corpulent.
an overstuffed man who was a compulsive eater.
Etymology
Origin of overstuffed
Example Sentences
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Beyond the merry-go-round and before the Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Ian Bowen does business in a snug kiosk overstuffed with souvenirs, guidebooks and replica highway signs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
I won’t soon forget the sight of her body-surfing down an overstuffed armchair to grapple with a phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
At times, however, the prose can feel overstuffed, as if mirroring the abundance of the dictionary it celebrates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Titled Eins, Zwei, Drei, it's an overstuffed sandwich of a song - full of chanted hooks and crunchy keyboards that deliberately avoids the polished pop of previous entries.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
She was sitting between her parents on the overstuffed sea-foam-green sofa, a large girl herself, wearing a white crinoline dress with a ruffled hem and puffed sleeves.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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