Synonym: aperient, evacuant, physic, psychotherapeutic, purgative, releasing. Similar words: catharsis, article, particle, artistic, particular, articulate, participant, participate. Meaning: n. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels. adj. 1. emotionally purging 2. emotionally purging (of e.g. art) 3. strongly laxative.
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31. The so-called "cathartic method" was a treatment for psychiatric disorders developed during 1881-1882 by Joseph Breuer with his patient "Anna O.
32. East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine.
33. Crying and talking about emotional pain are the most cathartic ways to get rid of the heavy feeling that plagues your insides, so don't hold back your tears or zip your lips about your breakup.
34. To get it all out in the open could be highly satisfying and cathartic.
35. Music was cathartic, something I reverted to and expressed what I was going through, hopefully not in a self-indulgent, 'get the violin strings out' kind of way, but [something] more ambiguous.
More similar words: catharsis, article, particle, artistic, particular, articulate, participant, participate, particulate, particularly, in particular, inarticulate, articulation, article of faith, participate in, participation, present participle, articles of confederation, martial art, at hand, lethargy, leviathan, rather than, lethargic, close at hand, breathable, Chart., chart, at heart, artist.