Thesaurus / constipate
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- muzzle
- repress
- silence
- smother
- squelch
- strangle
- suffocate
- suppress
- asphyxiate
- burke
- check
- choke
- cork
- extinguish
- gag
- hush
- kill
- muffle
- spike
- squash
- stagnate
- stop
- stultify
- torpedo
- trammel
- black out
- bring to screeching halt
- choke back
- clamp down
- clam up
- cover up
- crack down
- dry up
- hold it down
- hush up
- put the lid on
- shut up
- sit on
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use constipate in a sentence
There are some foods that tend to constipate while others act as a laxative.
THE BIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIONWINFIELD S. HALLCertain vegetable and mineral substances taken either intentionally or by accident constipate the bowels.
A SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, VOL. IIVARIOUSThe saccharated carbonate of iron is a beautiful preparation that does not constipate—is, indeed, a little laxative in action.
A MANUAL OF TOY DOGSMRS. LESLIE WILLIAMSBrandy is decidedly injurious, it heats and inflames the throat, and tends to constipate the bowels.
ADVICE TO SINGERSFREDERICK JAMES CROWESTOpium so employed does not produce narcotism, and does not constipate the bowels.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 299VARIOUSDo not give the laudanum unless demanded by the severity of the pain, as it tends to constipate.
SPECIAL REPORT ON DISEASES OF CATTLEU.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREWhatever tends to constipate the bowels may be reckoned a predisposing cause.
A TREATISE ON SHEEP:AMBROSE BLACKLOCKWORDS RELATED TO CONSTIPATE
- asphyxiate
- black out
- bring to screeching halt
- burke
- check
- choke
- choke back
- clam up
- clamp down
- constipate
- cork
- cover up
- crack down
- curb
- dry up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold it down
- hush
- hush up
- kill
- muffle
- muzzle
- put the lid on
- repress
- shut up
- silence
- sit on
- smother
- spike
- squash
- squelch
- stagnate
- stop
- strangle
- stultify
- suffocate
- suppress
- torpedo
- trammel
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.