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indigestive
[ in-di-jes-tiv, -dahy- ]
/ ˌɪn dɪˈdʒɛs tɪv, -daɪ- /
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adjective
accompanied by or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic.
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How to use indigestive in a sentence
She was a cousin,—an indigestive single woman, who called her rigidity religion, and her liver love.
Great Expectations|Charles DickensDigestive, indigestive torpor is also torpor of the sense of responsibility.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure|Edward Hooker DeweyThere were two soups, three fishes, dozens of entrées, three or four joints—the mere memory of it is indigestive.
British Dictionary definitions for indigestive
indigestive
/ (ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv) /
adjective
relating to or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic
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