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Meanings of constipated in English

Portuguese
constipado

Have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels.

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        constipado

        Suffering from constipation.

              Usage of constipated in English
              1
              Should the bowels become constipated, repeat the castor oil without the opium.
              Diseases of the Horse's Foot
              2
              The Kookaburras, so aggressive in non-Olympic years, just played timid, constipated hockey.
              News.com.au
              3
              Another thing about the Mohammedan is that he never never gets constipated.
              The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
              4
              I'm pretty sure she's going for proud, but really she just looks constipated.
              Crewel
              5
              Unlike healthy subjects, constipated patients showed minimal or no response to edrophonium injection.
              Pubmed
              6
              Over several days he miserably constipated himself, which aggravated his depression.
              Riding rockets
              7
              You look constipated, Molly said, snapping me out of my trance.
              Halo
              8
              The day I couldn't deal with a constipated rent-a-cop, I'd retire.
              Nightingale's lament
              9
              There may be trouble with the stomach and bowels, constipated, etc.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              10
              The bowels are generally constipated, or there is diarrhea of the fermentative type.
              Disturbances of the Heart / Discussion of the Treatment of the H...
              11
              Some of the thinner women in the class looked absolutely constipated.
              I'd know you anywhere
              12
              Barley gruel is better than oatmeal gruel unless baby is constipated.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              13
              Playing emotionally constipated characters, the actors improvise much of the dialogue.
              Reuters
              14
              When it is constipated with cars, I think of it as Broad Street.
              Love, life and linguine
              15
              If the Irish weren't so emotionally constipated, we would have hugged.
              The Irish Times
              16
              We found none, and flew back to LA with dry mouths, completely constipated.
              You say tomato, I say shut up
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              Portuguese
              constipado
              Constipated through the time
              Constipated across language varieties
              United States of America
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