constipated
Can't go properly
Constipated describes difficulty emptying the bowels—infrequent or painful defecation.
The word extends to anything blocked or sluggish: constipated prose is stilted and unflowing, a constipated bureaucracy moves nothing through.
Someone emotionally constipated has trouble expressing feelings: He's too constipated to say he loves her.
Internal digestive organ
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- impactionFirmly lodged condition
- intestinalOf the gut
- colonicOf the large intestine
fecal · rectal · motility · irregularity · blockage · sluggish · infrequent · hardened
Swelled from excess
- crampingInvoluntary muscle contraction
- strainingExerting intense effort
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- fullnessState of being complete
distended · pressure · heaviness · abdominal · gassy · uncomfortable · painful · distress
Promotes intestinal evacuation
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- prunesCuts away excess growth
- psylliumSoluble fiber from seed husks
- sennaCathartic-yielding shrub
docusate · magnesium · enema · suppository · probiotics · hydration · exercise · massage
Passage prevented or impeded
- stuckUnable to move
- inhibitedHeld back by self-consciousness
- repressedHeld back from expression
- stifledForcibly held in
uptight · restricted · rigid · unable · frustrated · stagnant · bottlenecked · impeded
bowel
Internal digestive organ
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- impactionFirmly lodged condition
- intestinalOf the gut
colonic · fecal · rectal · motility · irregularity · blockage · sluggish · infrequent · hardened · compacted
bloated
Swelled from excess
- crampingInvoluntary muscle contraction
- strainingExerting intense effort
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
fullness · distended · pressure · heaviness · abdominal · gassy · uncomfortable · painful · distress · nausea
laxative
Promotes intestinal evacuation
senna · docusate · magnesium · enema · suppository · probiotics · hydration · exercise · massage · squatting
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
stifled · uptight · restricted · rigid · unable · frustrated · stagnant · bottlenecked · impeded · withholding
dehydration
Excessive fluid loss
travel · aging · pregnancy · hypothyroidism
constipateddiarrheal
Causing watery bowel movements
loose · regular · diarrheic · diarrhoeic · diarrhetic
constipateduninhibited
Free from self-censorship
free-flowing · expressive · loose · relaxed · open
- chronic constipationProlonged inability to defecate
- constipation reliefEasing intestinal blockage