indigestion

Noun

Meaning

Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dyspepsia gas pain bleeding diarrhea paralysis nausea abscess hemorrhage atrophy constipation anaemia gastritis heartburn colic
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

symptom

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion. Etty Hillesum

Eating words has never given me indigestion. Winston Churchill

Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. 'How are you' is a greeting, not a question. Arthur Guiterman

What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion. Lloyd Alexander

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion. Robert Louis Stevenson

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach. Victor Hugo

Close letter words and terms

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