Cathartic - Definition
cathartic
adj 1: emotionally purging [syn: cathartic,
psychotherapeutic]
2: emotionally purging (of e.g. art) [syn: cathartic,
releasing]
3: strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative]
n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient]