VividLex

Home / Dictionary / costive

costive

5 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. a. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated. Source: opted
2. a. Reserved; formal; close; cold. Source: opted
3. a. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. Source: opted
4. adj. retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating Source: wordnet
5. a. retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

binding bowels constipating feces retarding close cold constipated fecal formal hard impermeable matter motion reserved retaining slow unyielding

Word family

costia Costia necatrix costiasis costiferous costing costings

Open full thesaurus page for costive · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home