constipated
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: kŏn'stə-pā-təd, IPA(key): /ˈkɒnstəpeɪtəd/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: con‧sti‧pat‧ed
Adjective
[edit]constipated (comparative more constipated, superlative most constipated)
- Unable to defecate; costive.
- (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
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[edit]Translations
[edit]unable to defecate
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Verb
[edit]constipated
- simple past and past participle of constipate