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.

   • 2023, David Nutt, Psychedelics, page 186:

     Currently, the way we help people die (and sometimes help them get through the weeks leading up to death) is to stultify or intoxicate them with opiates so that they can't think or feel. They may be pain-free but their body is constipated, their brain is numbed and they often don't have the ability to speak cogently before they die.

• constipation

constipated

1. simple past and past participle of constipate

• laxative

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