Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Solidified from a liquid or soft state, especially by cooling or freezing: Describes a substance that has changed from a liquid or semi-liquid state to a solid or semi-solid state, typically as a result of cooling or losing heat.
   • Having become thick, stiff, or coagulated: Refers to something that has lost its fluidity and become viscous, firm, or jelly-like.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The gravy was left out too long and became congealed.
  • They served a congealed salad made with fruit juice and gelatin.
  • The congealed fat on the plate was unappetizing.

Advanced Usage

• "to become congealed": to undergo the process of congealing.
  • The sauce will become congealed if you don't keep it warm.
• "congealed blood": blood that has clotted and solidified.
  • The detective examined the spot of congealed blood on the floor.

Variants and Related Words

• Congeal (verb): to change from a liquid or soft state to a solid or thicker state, typically by cooling or coagulation.
  • The cold air caused the water to congeal into ice.
• Congelation (noun): the process of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
  • The congelation of the liquid was rapid in the freezer.

Synonyms

• Coagulated: (especially of a fluid) changed to a solid or semi-solid state.
• Clotted: formed into a thick mass or lump.
• Jellied: set into a jelly-like consistency.
• Solidified: made solid or hard.

Antonyms

• Liquid: in a fluid state, not solid.
• Melted: made liquid by heat.
• Fluid: capable of flowing easily.

Related Phrases

• Congealed with fear: (idiomatic) so frightened that one feels frozen or unable to move.
  • She stood there, congealed with fear, as the strange noise grew louder.
• Congealed mass: a solid or semi-solid lump formed from something that was once fluid.
  • The old paint in the can had turned into a congealed mass.

Adjective

1. congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling
   • in Georgia they serve congealed salads