constipated

1. 1.

   have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels

   Antonymsunconstipated

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Questions about constipated

What does constipated mean?

constipated means "have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels".

How many syllables are in constipated?

constipated has 4 syllables: con-sti-pa-ted. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnstəˌpeɪtəd/.

What is the opposite of constipated?

The recorded antonyms are unconstipated.

Is constipated a common word?

constipated is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.