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Meanings of cathartic in English
Synonyms
Examples for "physic"
Examples for "physic"
1
Ten to eleven, English; eleven to twelve, French; twelve to one, physic.
2
To give physic in a typhoid fever case is a grave mistake.
3
Well, if you don't feel good why don't you take a physic?
4
I ask the student to work some physics problem on the board.
5
It's an idea that provides solutions for some of physics' greatest problems.
1
The water here is bad, and of a strong aperient quality.
2
In addition to this it possesses gentle aperient properties, which render it particularly wholesome.
3
Dispensatory: Described as a cathartic with roots tonic and aperient.
4
Brown bread and oatmeal porridge have also an aperient effect.
5
They know how to let blood, and to compound different sorts of aperient medicines.
Usage of cathartic in English
1
Shooting the role was exhausting and cathartic, particularly given Douglas's own circumstances.
2
So yes, it was very cathartic in that way, the actor said.
3
However, changing our perspective may be a helpful and a cathartic move.
4
And yes, the actual writing of the book itself was extremely cathartic.
5
There is extreme violence, but it's cathartic and secondary to the characterisation.
6
She cried for a long time, the sobs convulsive but also cathartic.
7
Since calomel acts chemically through the blood it is the cathartic indicated.
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The massaging brings about action of the bowels without a cathartic usually.
9
It feels as if it might be a cathartic moment for Julie.
10
EBONY: So the making of the film was somewhat cathartic for you?
11
Painting the series was a cathartic process for Adams, who was grieving.
12
They sobbed for the mere and holy and cathartic sake of sobbing.
13
Not that he could manage it, but the effort would be cathartic.
14
The ordinary cathartic or laxative acts by reason of its irritating qualities.
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This immense novel is a commitment, but an exciting and cathartic one.
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But for a few seconds there was laughter, cleansing and cathartic laughter.
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Cathartic across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common