All constipation synonyms
con·sti·pa·tion
C c noun constipation
- pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- twinge — a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- stiffness — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- stitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
- kink — a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
- crick — If you have a crick in your neck or in your back, you have a pain there caused by muscles becoming stiff.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- pang — a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.