cathartic

[Ca*thar·tic]

A movie, play, or song that makes you cry is called cathartic. Most good writers try to create work that causes you to experience a strong rush of emotion.

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A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

Noun
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

Adjective S.
strongly laxative

Adjective S.
emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

Adjective S.
emotionally purging

a.
Alt. of Catharical

n.
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

Cathartic

Ca*thar"tic, n. [Gr. .] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. &hand; The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.

A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

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Usage Examples

I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.

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Other Usage Examples

Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.

This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul.