Constipate [verb]
Definition of Constipate:
deteriorate by lack of action
Synonyms of Constipate:
● Fester
● Stall
● Languish
● Decline
● Decay
● Stultify
● Trammel
● Idle
● Stand
● Putrefy
● Stifle
● Rot
● Rust
● Vegetate
● Not move
Sentence/Example of Constipate:
There are some foods that tend to constipate while others act as a laxative.
Certain vegetable and mineral substances taken either intentionally or by accident constipate the bowels.
The saccharated carbonate of iron is a beautiful preparation that does not constipate—is, indeed, a little laxative in action.
Brandy is decidedly injurious, it heats and inflames the throat, and tends to constipate the bowels.
Opium so employed does not produce narcotism, and does not constipate the bowels.
Do not give the laudanum unless demanded by the severity of the pain, as it tends to constipate.
Whatever tends to constipate the bowels may be reckoned a predisposing cause.