- constipated
- adjective Date: 1547 1. affected with constipation 2. stilted or stodgy in appearance, expression, or action
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constipated — adj. having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels; costive. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Constipated — Constipate Con sti*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constipating}.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of constipare; con + stipare to crowd together. See {Costive}.] 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
constipated — con·sti·pat·ed (kŏnʹstə pā tĭd) adj. 1. Affected with constipation. 2. Stiff, stodgy, or recalcitrant: “united only in a constipated hatred of change of any kind” (John Fowles). * * * … Universalium
constipated — Suffering from constipation. * * * constipated adj affected with constipation * * * con·sti·pat·ed (konґstĭ pāt″əd) affected with constipation … Medical dictionary
constipated — [[t]kɒ̱nstɪpeɪtɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body … English dictionary
constipated — adjective /ˈkɒnstəpeɪtəd/ The state of being unable to defecate. See Also: constipation … Wiktionary
constipated — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ look ▪ make sb ADVERB ▪ very … Collocations dictionary
constipated — Synonyms and related words: blocked, bound, choked, choked up, clogged, clogged up, congested, costive, foul, fouled, full, infarcted, jammed, obstipated, obstructed, packed, plugged, plugged up, stopped, stopped up, stuffed, stuffed up … Moby Thesaurus
constipated — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bound, costive, obstructed; see sick … English dictionary for students
constipated — con|sti|pat|ed [ kanstı,peıtəd ] adjective not able to move solid waste out of your body easily … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
