Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cathartic | Yes | Yes | No | No |
catharsis | Yes | No | No | No |
cathartic (noun) | catharsis (noun) |
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a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions |
purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels |
cathartic (adjective) | catharsis (adjective) |
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emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | |
strongly laxative | |
emotionally purging |