Definitions for cathartic

cathartic ca·thar·tic

Spelling: [kuh-thahr-tik]
IPA: /kəˈθɑr tɪk/

Cathartic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in cathartic (aacchirtt).

Definitions for cathartic

noun

  1. a purgative.

adjective

  1. of or relating to catharsis.
  2. Also, cathartical. evacuating the bowels; purgative.

Origin of cathartic

1605-15; Late Latin catharticus Greek kathartikós fit for cleansing. See catharsis, -tic

Examples for cathartic

In that way that was cathartic too, to sort of stitch up all those pieces and see how that is.

The acknowledgment of these crimes, which came as part of an amnesty for them, was a cathartic moment for El Salvador.

Both this and your next film, Listen Up Philip, are breakup stories—is it cathartic to act through stories like these?

Emetic, cathartic with calomel; then sorbentia, chalybeates, Peruvian bark.

The show offers no cathartic “gotcha” moments, no easy answers, and no rapid-fire dialogue.

It was a cathartic moment for the brand, though far from a guarantee to help restore it to its glory days.

Dispensatory: Described as a cathartic with roots tonic and aperient.

Take a cathartic; notify the physician at once and follow his directions.

From fifteen to twenty grains are an ordinary dose for a cathartic.

Irritant, cathartic, stimulant, and antiseptic; one to one and a half pounds.

Word Value for cathartic
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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