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 pull a brown polo shirt from an overstuffed rack and press it against me.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

Yet this crowded race, which is overstuffed with well-funded candidates equipped to go the distance, might be won with as little as 15% of the primary electorate.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

Fortunately, the orchestra, under Mr. Armiliato’s astute leadership, did better than the overstuffed staging in making that point clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The dressmaker with her frilly, colorful creations draped on hooped wire, the overstuffed emporiums and their wonderland of goods, the rival general stores on either side of Main Street.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Related Words

• corpulent
• obese
• pudgy