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costive

adjective as in constipated

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Example Sentences

I finds un fine to hunt with, and 'tis not so costive as the others.

The pulse is small, feeble and frequent, and the bowels costive.

I was of a costive, dyspeptic habit, which has been entirely removed.

All these facts have been proved before your Lordships by costive and unwilling witnesses.

As he was costive, pills of aloes and steel were ordered to be taken occasionally.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to costive, such as: cheap, close, close-fisted, frugal, miserly, and parsimonious.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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