constipated

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏn'stə-pā-təd, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnstəpeɪtəd/

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• Hyphenation: con‧sti‧pat‧ed

Adjective

constipated (comparative more constipated, superlative most constipated)

1. Unable to defecate; costive.
2. (figurative) Failing to make a point or reach a conclusion; stifled.
   • 1977, New West, volume 2, numbers 21-26, page 96:

     But there is no place for grand gestures but there's a basic contempt for women in this puny, constipated drama.

Derived terms

• exhaustipated

Related terms

• constipation

Translations

unable to defecate

• Cornish: trethtegys
• Dutch: verstopt (nl)
• French: constipé (fr)
• German: verstopft (de)
• Greek: δυσκοίλιος (el) (dyskoílios)

  Ancient: δυσκοίλιος (duskoílios)

• Irish: iata, ceangailte sa chorp, crua sa chorp, crua sa bholg
• Maori: kōroke, tina
• Ngazidja Comorian: na nkoma
• Portuguese: com prisão de ventre
• Spanish: estreñido (es)
• Swedish: förstoppad (sv)
• Vietnamese: táo bón (vi)

Verb

constipated

1. simple past and past participle of constipate

See also

• laxative

Anagrams

• pointcasted