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constipated definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels [ant: regular, unconstipated]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1547 1. affected with constipation 2. stilted or stodgy in appearance, expression, or action

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. --Bacon. 2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels. 3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Costive.

Moby Thesaurus

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