'Constipated' definitions:
Definition of 'constipated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels [ant: regular, unconstipated]
Definition of 'Constipated'
From: GCIDE
- Constipate \Con"sti*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
- 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'constipated'
From: GCIDE
- constipated \constipated\ adj. having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels; costive. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'constipated'
From: Moby Thesaurus