cathartic, evacuant, purgative
(adjective) strongly laxative
cathartic, releasing
(adjective) emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
cathartic, psychotherapeutic
(adjective) emotionally purging
purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
(noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cathartic (comparative more cathartic, superlative most cathartic)
Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis
That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience
cathartic (plural cathartics)
(medicine) A laxative.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*thar"tic, Ca*thar"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. chaste.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.
Ca*thar"tic, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.
Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations.
– Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv.
– Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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