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constipated

[ kon-stuh-pey-tid ]

adjective

  1. having a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent:

    Most constipated people need more fluids and fiber.

  2. slow-moving or immobilized, as by overregulation, backlogs, etc.:

    Such an approach only adds to a bloated bureaucracy and constipated decision-making.

  3. overly stiff, repressed, or conventional; uptight:

    She describes her husband as “emotionally constipated.”



constipated

/ ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. suffering from constipation
  2. subject to restriction or blockage in a flow of productive activity or creativity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of constipated1

First recorded in 1540–50; constipat(e) ( def ) + -ed 2( def )
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Example Sentences

Scene after scene was filled up with white actors in bathrobes all reciting their lines like they were constipated.

The bowels are constipated, and to this the feverish symptoms apparently owe their origin.

The well-being of the body is of the utmost importance: a clogged and constipated body is no medium for inspiration.

If the bowels are constipated relief should be sought in the manner we have just mentioned in speaking of constipation.

It is frequently the case that pregnant females, instead of being constipated are afflicted with severe diarrha.

During the greater part of the time he was confined to the house, the bowels were constipated, requiring daily purgatives.

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