Quitting one's job with a bang is cathartic but is it the right thing to do?
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Cathartic
//kəˈθɑɹtɪk//
Synonyms for "cathartic" (77 found)
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Related words (38)
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3 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
9 entrieshas a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καθαρτικός adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разхлаби́телен adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- разхлаби́телно noun (laxative)
Catalan
1 entries- catàrtic adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 瀉劑 /泻剂 noun (laxative)
- 瀉藥 /泻药 noun (laxative)
Dutch
2 entries- bevrijdend adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- louterend adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Finnish
4 entries- katarttinen adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- vapauttava adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- laksatiivi noun (laxative)
- ulostusaine noun (laxative)
French
2 entries- cathartique adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- cathartique noun (laxative)
German
4 entries- (physisch/psychisch) reinigend adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- abführend adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- erlösend adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- kathartisch adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Hungarian
2 entries- katartikus adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- hashajtó noun (laxative)
Indonesian
2 entries- lega adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- melegakan adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Italian
1 entries- catartico adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Japanese
2 entries- 下剤 noun (laxative)
- 下薬 noun (laxative)
Korean
1 entries- 하제 noun (laxative)
Portuguese
1 entries- catártico adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Romanian
1 entries- cathartic adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Russian
2 entries- слаби́тельный adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- слаби́тельное noun (laxative)
Swedish
2 entries- förlösande adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
- renande adj (purgative; inducing catharsis)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It was cathartic to finally watch him get the scolding he deserved.
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I found the play cathartic, and went home in a better mood.
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Her singing voice had a cathartic, refreshing quality.
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