constipated

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Were that so there might be a Netflix category for Films Starring Emotionally Constipated Men the way there’s one for Strong Female Leads.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2018

According to medical texts, which are in love with easy-to-remember mnemonic devices, problems with the thyroid cause you to become “Crabby, Constipated and Concentration-impaired.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2015

Parents Share Advice for the Constipated Child Miralax has become a long-term solution for childhood constipation.

From New York Times • May 27, 2012

Crewmen gave it a host of nicknames, among them “the Flying Brick,” “the Flying Boxcar,” and “the Constipated Lumberer,” a play on Consolidated Liberator.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

Constipated; costive. µ Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah