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• v  impede with a clog or as if with a clog
  My mind is constipated today
• v  cause to be constipated
• a  have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels

• clog
• constipate
• bind

• unconstipated

News & Articles

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• 'Fill the Void' review: For whom the wedding bell tolls
  The cloistered subculture and constipated emotions of the Israeli drama "Fill the Void" make the film frustrating going at times, but the human dilemma between duty to family and duty to self is universal enough to imbue it with real dramatic power.
  June 20, 2013 - The Oregonian

Quotes

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• Jerry Brown in Los Angeles Times (blog)
  It felt like it was a new beginning but then the rain started and President Bush came in and began the war. The whole country just changed and became completely alien to me. We came to America as kids because England was stuffy and constipated. The... Rupert Everett http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Everett&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFLzH9AXCY9TbGLVYJ-n6DEDX3QcQ TheCelebrityCafe.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/30717.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEM6hO8wD_2PBo-wu2hEqUbyQjHow Jul 23, 2009 21512 29169 constipated Brown asked rhetorically, adding that state government has become constipated and overloaded with too many conflicting mandates."
• Derek Wyatt in ZDNet UK
  We need a new governance body that isn't governmental, as it gets constipated. Twentieth century organisations like the UN and WTO are out of touch - we need new organisations,said Wyatt.