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What’s the adjective beginning with ‘c’ that describes someone who has a snotty nose and mucus filling their sinuses.
Probably synonymous with “stuffy”.
I would be feeling much better if I wasn’t so _______
I think it sounds something like congealed.
I think you're looking for congested. From https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/congested --
congested
ADJECTIVE
1 (of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
‘the congested streets of the West End’ ‘the streets are often heavily congested with traffic’
2 (of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood. ‘congested arteries’
2.1 (of the respiratory tract) blocked with mucus so as to hinder breathing. ‘his nose was congested’
You'll hear the word used e.g. in TV commercials for cold medicines because (I gather) it's more polite and subtle than the alternatives. :)
Oh I remembered:
Congested
an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel)
the cold congested in her sinuses
