What is "constipating"

Usage examples of "constipating".

The tea had the effect of constipating her so thoroughly that she was not seen defecating behind her hovel for nine weeks.

I tell Vina it's constipating, and constipation breeds God knows what illnesses, but nothing will break her of the habit.

In the hubbub surrounding twelve-year-old Jake Ferguson, whose pornographic comic book business had turned the morally constipating experience of Scout camp into a lucrative and horizon-broadening enterprise, I was demoted to lesser-evil status.

In his room, he settled on the bed with his constipating snacks and the county telephone book.