Definitions
Providing emotional release or relief.
Word origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
Used in a sentence
“Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic.”
“For some, Saturday’s protests were cathartic, a show of force and solidarity by progressives who had struggled to pick themselves up from last November’s election defeat.”
“I don’t know if [Kamala] Harris found writing 107 Days cathartic, but reading it certainly wasn’t.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Emotionally cleansing”9 letters
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