constipated

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

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• Hyphenation: con‧sti‧pat‧ed

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.

• constipation

constipated

1. simple past and past participle of constipate

• laxative

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