Constipated
adjective
Having difficulty to empty the bowels.
He has been feeling constipated for the past few days.
Often appears as...
- feel constipated
- severely constipated
adjective
Slow, restricted and not flowing freely.
The constipated traffic is making me late for work.
Often appears as...
- constipated traffic
- constipated flow
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having difficulty to empty the bowels.
He has been feeling constipated for the past few days.
Often appears as...
- feel constipated
- severely constipated
adjective
Slow, restricted and not flowing freely.
The constipated traffic is making me late for work.
Often appears as...
- constipated traffic
- constipated flow
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Often used to describe a personal health condition with discomfort or pain.
After the surgery, I felt constipated and needed medication.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Discussing constipation can be private and embarrassing for some people.
She didn't want to tell her colleagues that she felt constipated.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Primarily used in medical or health-related contexts to describe bowel issues.
The doctor asked if he was constipated during the exam.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Often used to describe a personal health condition with discomfort or pain.
After the surgery, I felt constipated and needed medication.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Discussing constipation can be private and embarrassing for some people.
She didn't want to tell her colleagues that she felt constipated.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Primarily used in medical or health-related contexts to describe bowel issues.
The doctor asked if he was constipated during the exam.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Often used to describe a personal health condition with discomfort or pain.
After the surgery, I felt constipated and needed medication.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Discussing constipation can be private and embarrassing for some people.
She didn't want to tell her colleagues that she felt constipated.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Primarily used in medical or health-related contexts to describe bowel issues.
The doctor asked if he was constipated during the exam.
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Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
So, yes, you can lose weight, but your heart isn't happy. Now one of the studies funded by the Atkins Center found that 70 percent of the people were constipated, 65 percent had bad breath, 54 percent had headaches -- this is not a healthy way to eat. So you might start to lose weight and start to attract people towards you,
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What causes constipation?...
and external anal sphincter. The puborectalis forms a sling-like formation around the rectum called the anorectal angle. And when you voluntarily relax your external anal sphincter, the stool is finally expelled. When you’re constipated, however,
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
So, yes, you can lose weight, but your heart isn't happy. Now one of the studies funded by the Atkins Center found that 70 percent of the people were constipated, 65 percent had bad breath, 54 percent had headaches -- this is not a healthy way to eat. So you might start to lose weight and start to attract people towards you,
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What causes constipation?...
and external anal sphincter. The puborectalis forms a sling-like formation around the rectum called the anorectal angle. And when you voluntarily relax your external anal sphincter, the stool is finally expelled. When you’re constipated, however,
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Quote examples
Jane Siberry
Canadian Musician
Acceptable food rots while we are chased from bins behind restaurants, chased from sleeping on the street, chased from relieving ourselves unless we pay for food or gas, until finally we are so hungry, sleepless, smelly, constipated and beaten-down that we simply die of lack of will to live.
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Sally Phillips
British Actress
TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?
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Jaggi Vasudev
Indian Author
If your idea of a guru is from a calendar, who has candy-floss beard and a constipated look on the face, then definitely I am not that.
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Kim Shattuck
American Musician
People that don't talk are constipated. I'm sorry, but if you can't communicate, what do you have? You have nothing.
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George Lois
American Artist
The whole area of creativity is constipated and frightened.
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Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
I suffer from IBS so I'm severely constipated at all times.
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Jane Siberry
Canadian Musician
Acceptable food rots while we are chased from bins behind restaurants, chased from sleeping on the street, chased from relieving ourselves unless we pay for food or gas, until finally we are so hungry, sleepless, smelly, constipated and beaten-down that we simply die of lack of will to live.
Quote examples
Sally Phillips
British Actress
TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?
Quote examples
Jaggi Vasudev
Indian Author
If your idea of a guru is from a calendar, who has candy-floss beard and a constipated look on the face, then definitely I am not that.
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Kim Shattuck
American Musician
People that don't talk are constipated. I'm sorry, but if you can't communicate, what do you have? You have nothing.
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George Lois
American Artist
The whole area of creativity is constipated and frightened.
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Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
I suffer from IBS so I'm severely constipated at all times.
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