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constipated

constipated

15 5.1
Not able to pass stool easily
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɒnstɪpeɪtɪd/
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  • After eating too much cheese, I felt really constipated and uncomfortable.
  • emotionally constipated
  • really constipated
  • so constipated

I'll never be constipated in my life after this.

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Examples

  • If you are constipated, treat the Constipation and you will be amazed at how the flatulence and the bloating will improve.

    ZOE
  • Are you constipated or something?

  • Our daughter is always constipated and screams for hours at night.

  • I'm seriously constipated, for real this time.

  • If you're constipated, just go for a big old run.

  • Studies have reported positive effects of biofeedback training in constipated adults and children, with success rates varying from 55% to 100%.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I’m so constipated I can’t move.

  • Most people feel hungry, tired, irritable, constipated, have headaches, brain fog, and generally feel like death warmed up.

  • If you're feeling constipated, drinking more water can help relieve the problem.

  • He complained that he was constipated after a long flight with limited food options.

Synonyms

bound
vsconstipated
  • Archaic
2 8.9

Unable to pass waste from the body easily

has identical meaning and describes the same inability to evacuate
costive
vsconstipated
  • Formal
9.9

Having trouble passing stools

is about inability to evacuate rather than causing the problem

Antonyms

23 1.0

Having bowel movements at usual times and not being constipated

9 4.6

Not blocked so you can see or move through

Having regular, easy trips to the toilet

How Blocked

constipated
15 5.1
sluggish
30 3.9
regular
23 1.0

Surface Forms

constipated positive

Morphology

constipated = constipate (transparent) = constipate + ed

Formed regularly as the past-participle/adjectival '-ed' of the verb 'constipate', so the adjectival meaning 'affected by constipation' follows predictably.

Etymology

The word constipated comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and stipare ('to press' or 'crowd'). So, being constipated is like waste in your body being 'pressed together' and not able to move, which is why it means having trouble going to the toilet.