stopped up

1. 1.

   (of a nose) blocked

   “a stopped (or stopped-up) nose”

   Synonymsstoppedstopped-up

   Similarobstructed

Questions about stopped up

What does stopped up mean?

stopped up means "(of a nose) blocked".

What is another word for stopped up?

Close synonyms include stopped, stopped-up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stopped up a common word?

stopped up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.