[
US
/ˈkɑnstəˌpeɪtəd/
]
[ UK /kˈɒnstɪpˌeɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒnstɪpˌeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
How To Use constipated In A Sentence
- Seven patients had one or more episodes of partial or complete large bowel obstruction and four others were constipated.
- Harry Reid reminds me of a constipated “old-maid” in britches. Think Progress » Drudge’s Non-Story: Reid Has Criticized The Patriot Act For Years
- In this form of indigestion the bowels are often much constipated, which is usually only a more marked symptom of chronic constipation. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis
- He looks a tad constipated to me, that or he has just emitted built-up gas and is clenching his carpentered cuspids in embarrassment.
- There's a constipated sense about the public space in Australia at present.
- Alternatively, as you have been constipated for some time, I would suggest gently cleansing your colon.
- For instance, women often don't take iron pills in pregnancy because they get constipated and assume that this is the effect of the iron.
- General comments: bee said ... the lady has a great voice. why are there so many sourpuss faces in the audience? most of them look constipated. is it illegal to smile or appear to be enjoying oneself? I am floored by Onnondonnu Chernnadi ~~
- There are several scenes of this constipated sort.
- Her character portraits are cold and bloodless, the larger vision is prosy and constipated, and her self-conscious literary tone has the musty odor of a vanity-press poetry journal.