Cathartic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inducing catharsis; purgative.
  • n. An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. purgative; inducing catharsis
  • adj. That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience
  • n. A laxative
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.
  • n. A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Purgative; purifying.
  • Pertaining to or derived from cathartin.
  • n. A cathartic medicine; a purge; a purgative.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
  • adj. emotionally purging
  • adj. strongly laxative
  • n. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
  • Equivalent
    emotional    healthful    laxative    catharical   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    purgative    purge    laxative    physic    purging    aperient    evacuatory    eccoprotic    eccritic    deobstruent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Antarctic    Arctic    antarctic    arctic   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aperient    purgative    woozy    homeopathic    astringent    lenitive    curative    corroborant    expectorant    analagous