gridlocked
adjective
grid·locked ˈgrid-ˌläkt 
: affected by gridlock : brought to a state in which movement or progress is stopped completely
gridlocked streets
a gridlocked legislature
The Phoenix of 1996 has terrible air, gridlocked traffic, and spreads out in so many directions that it seems to lack any sense of order.
Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan… the notion of an incompetent, gridlocked government is still embedded in the national consciousness. Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan
Word History
First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above
gridlocked
verb
as in congested
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- congested
- filled
- packed
- bunged
- silted
- clogged
- corked
- occluded
- stoppered
- flooded
- clotted
- obstructed
- inundated
- stoppled
- blocked
- swamped
- glutted
- jammed
- spiled
- furred
- overwhelmed
- dammed
- choked
- stuffed
- stopped (up)
- gummed (up)
- plugged (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- opened (up)
- cleared
- freed
- unclogged
- unplugged
- emptied
- excavated
- unblocked
- hollowed (out)
- scooped (out)
- unstopped
- lightened