crowded

bondé, plein de monde

Rempli de personnes très proches les unes des autres, avec peu de place pour bouger.

En anglais simple : A place like this has many people close together, leaving little room to move.

• The bus was crowded.
• We walked through the crowded market.
• Is the beach always this crowded in summer?

Comment l'utiliser : crowded with someone/something (The station was crowded with travellers.)

Synonymes : packed, full, jammed

Contraires : empty, uncrowded

Expressions courantes : crowded bus, crowded room, crowded street, crowded with people

encombré, chargé

Rempli de nombreuses choses serrées les unes contre les autres, avec peu d’espace entre elles.

En anglais simple : Containing many things close together, with little space between them.

• The shelves looked crowded.
• Their garden is crowded with flowers.
• The crowded page made the instructions hard to read.

Comment l'utiliser : crowded with something (Her desk was crowded with papers.)

Synonymes : packed, crammed, dense

Contraires : sparse, empty

Expressions courantes : crowded shelves, crowded page, crowded with something, crowded garden