Synonyms for constipation
Most common
impairment deadening stultification blockage irregularity costiveness
All synonyms
Noun
1. Impairment
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.
Forms
- Plural
- constipations → impairments, deadenings, stultifications, blockages…
Example sentences
- impairment Yanni's visual impairment makes him more vulnerable.
- blockage There is a blockage in this pipe, preventing water from entering it.
- irregularity He is the last man to commit an irregularity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| constipation | rising | |
| impairment | rising | |
| deadening | steady | |
| stultification | falling | |
| blockage | steady | |
| irregularity | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- blockage2
- 9 letters
- deadening3
- 10 letters
- impairment3
- 11 letters
- costiveness
- 12 letters
- irregularity6
- 14 letters
- stultification
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (blockage2 = 2 syllables).