Definition of costive in English:

costive

adjective ˈkɒstɪv

1Constipated.
便秘的
Example sentencesExamples
- His work is particularly strong in its depiction of the ways in which those at the pinnacle of medical practice have altered their understanding of the causes, effects and, therefore, treatment of costive patients.
2Slow or reluctant in speech or action; unforthcoming.
（言行）迟缓的；不愿响应的；不乐于回答的
if he did ask her she would become costive
如果他真的问了她，她会不愿回答。
Example sentencesExamples
- Within the production's terms, George Anton is a powerfully costive Hamlet both hostile to and tainted by this world of animalistic appetite.
- Yet although the writer pokes fun, he teases the verbally prolix, emotionally costive Huxley as much as he does the earnest Wilberforce.
- It is costive and hermetic and yet obsessed with changing the world.
- He is certainly gesturally sparing and chromatically costive.
- Still, much as one enjoys the giddiness as reality and fiction seep into each other, there is still something wilfully costive about it.
Synonyms
shy, bashful, coy, retiring, diffident, reserved, restrained, withdrawn, shrinking, timid, timorous, sheepish, unconfident, insecure, unsure, suspicious, unassertive

Derivatives

costively

adverb

I can see you now straining costively in a dirty room to come up with that stale breadcrumb of witlessness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Having been struggling costively with it for more than two years, I must have written about 50 pages of it that week.

costiveness

noun

Fresh vegetables, as peas, beans, potatoes, squashes, and ripe fruits, in their season, are all wholesome, and help to relieve costiveness.
Example sentencesExamples
- A little bit of exercise is good and can help, for example, to end the costiveness, but in excess it's bad.
- If the bark clysters should bring on costiveness the laudanum may occasionally be omitted; if this is not attended with the desired consequences, we have recourse to a common injection.
- Whenever sickness, vomiting, and obstinate costiveness give reason to suspect an obstruction of the bowels, all those places where ruptures usually happen ought carefully to be examined.
- Fruits, fresh vegetables, and cabbages relieve the costiveness and effect softened motions in the morning.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constipatus 'pressed together' (see constipated).

Definition of costive in US English:

costive

adjective

1Constipated.
便秘的
Example sentencesExamples
- His work is particularly strong in its depiction of the ways in which those at the pinnacle of medical practice have altered their understanding of the causes, effects and, therefore, treatment of costive patients.
1. 1.1 Slow or reluctant in speech or action; unforthcoming.
  （言行）迟缓的；不愿响应的；不乐于回答的
  if he did ask her she would become costive
  如果他真的问了她，她会不愿回答。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yet although the writer pokes fun, he teases the verbally prolix, emotionally costive Huxley as much as he does the earnest Wilberforce.
  It is costive and hermetic and yet obsessed with changing the world.
  Within the production's terms, George Anton is a powerfully costive Hamlet both hostile to and tainted by this world of animalistic appetite.
  Still, much as one enjoys the giddiness as reality and fiction seep into each other, there is still something wilfully costive about it.
  He is certainly gesturally sparing and chromatically costive.
  Synonyms
  shy, bashful, coy, retiring, diffident, reserved, restrained, withdrawn, shrinking, timid, timorous, sheepish, unconfident, insecure, unsure, suspicious, unassertive

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constipatus ‘pressed together’ (see constipated).

单词	costive
释义	Definition of costive in English: costive adjective ˈkɒstɪv 1Constipated. 便秘的 Example sentencesExamples His work is particularly strong in its depiction of the ways in which those at the pinnacle of medical practice have altered their understanding of the causes, effects and, therefore, treatment of costive patients. 2Slow or reluctant in speech or action; unforthcoming. （言行）迟缓的；不愿响应的；不乐于回答的 if he did ask her she would become costive 如果他真的问了她，她会不愿回答。 Example sentencesExamples Within the production's terms, George Anton is a powerfully costive Hamlet both hostile to and tainted by this world of animalistic appetite. Yet although the writer pokes fun, he teases the verbally prolix, emotionally costive Huxley as much as he does the earnest Wilberforce. It is costive and hermetic and yet obsessed with changing the world. He is certainly gesturally sparing and chromatically costive. Still, much as one enjoys the giddiness as reality and fiction seep into each other, there is still something wilfully costive about it. Synonyms shy, bashful, coy, retiring, diffident, reserved, restrained, withdrawn, shrinking, timid, timorous, sheepish, unconfident, insecure, unsure, suspicious, unassertive Derivatives costively adverb I can see you now straining costively in a dirty room to come up with that stale breadcrumb of witlessness. Example sentencesExamples Having been struggling costively with it for more than two years, I must have written about 50 pages of it that week. costiveness noun Fresh vegetables, as peas, beans, potatoes, squashes, and ripe fruits, in their season, are all wholesome, and help to relieve costiveness. Example sentencesExamples A little bit of exercise is good and can help, for example, to end the costiveness, but in excess it's bad. If the bark clysters should bring on costiveness the laudanum may occasionally be omitted; if this is not attended with the desired consequences, we have recourse to a common injection. Whenever sickness, vomiting, and obstinate costiveness give reason to suspect an obstruction of the bowels, all those places where ruptures usually happen ought carefully to be examined. Fruits, fresh vegetables, and cabbages relieve the costiveness and effect softened motions in the morning. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constipatus 'pressed together' (see constipated). Definition of costive in US English: costive adjective 1Constipated. 便秘的 Example sentencesExamples His work is particularly strong in its depiction of the ways in which those at the pinnacle of medical practice have altered their understanding of the causes, effects and, therefore, treatment of costive patients. 1.1 Slow or reluctant in speech or action; unforthcoming. （言行）迟缓的；不愿响应的；不乐于回答的 if he did ask her she would become costive 如果他真的问了她，她会不愿回答。 Example sentencesExamples Yet although the writer pokes fun, he teases the verbally prolix, emotionally costive Huxley as much as he does the earnest Wilberforce. It is costive and hermetic and yet obsessed with changing the world. Within the production's terms, George Anton is a powerfully costive Hamlet both hostile to and tainted by this world of animalistic appetite. Still, much as one enjoys the giddiness as reality and fiction seep into each other, there is still something wilfully costive about it. He is certainly gesturally sparing and chromatically costive. Synonyms shy, bashful, coy, retiring, diffident, reserved, restrained, withdrawn, shrinking, timid, timorous, sheepish, unconfident, insecure, unsure, suspicious, unassertive Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constipatus ‘pressed together’ (see constipated).
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