Synonyms for cathartic
kəˈθɑr tɪkcathar·tic

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1. purgative, cathartic, physic, aperientadjective

   a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

   Synonyms:
   physic, purgative, aperient

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful, unemotional, costive

2. cathartic, psychotherapeuticadjective

   emotionally purging

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, costive, unhealthful

3. cathartic, releasingadjective

   emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful, unemotional, costive

4. cathartic, evacuant, purgativeadjective

   strongly laxative

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   costive, unemotional, unhealthful

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1. catharticadjective

   Synonyms:
   purgative, evacuant, abstergent, cleansing

2. catharticnoun

   Synonyms:
   purge, purgative, physic, purgative medicine

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1. catharticnoun

   Synonyms:
   purgative, physic, purge, evacuant

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1. Julian Castro:

   It's going to be cathartic for the party to go through a process where everybody gets to show what they've got. Where Julian Castro have debates with over a dozen people and every wing of the party is represented.

2. Jake Gyllenhaal:

   It was incredibly cathartic. You feel like a kid.

3. Maura Rose:

   Theater, overall, is a unique opportunity for those on the spectrum because it provides an escape, allows them to be in the moment. I think often times they can’t do that, it provides a shared [emotional] experience and it can be just incredibly cathartic for them.

4. Harvey Rickles:

   We felt that it provided a lot of relief. It gave us an opportunity to see her and have contact with her and share our thoughts with her, it was cathartic.

5. David Pilgrim:

   Compassion is not pity, not even empathetic pity. There is arrogance and haughty pride in pitying others. Compassion is when we are confronted with another’s suffering and we suffer with them. Their pain is ours. We are motivated to relieve their suffering. When we feel true compassion we help those who suffer, not as a cathartic release, but because it breaks our heart that they are hurting. I have not always known or believed these things, but I am thankful that I do now.