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catabolize |
catacala |
catacaustic |
catachresis |
catachrestic |
catachrestical
| cataclasm
| cataclinal
| cataclysm
| cataclysmal
| cataclysmic
catachrestical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective catachrestical has 1 sense
- catachrestical(a = adj.pert) catachrestic - constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis; Array Derived form noun catachresis1
CIDE DICTIONARY
catachrestical, a.
Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; constituting, characterized by or given to catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched. [1913 Webster]
"[A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
catachrestical
Metaphor
N metaphor, figure of speech, facon de parler, way of speaking, colloquialism, phrase, figure, trope, metaphor, enallage, catachresis, metonymy, synecdoche, autonomasia, irony, figurativeness, image, imagery, metalepsis, type, anagoge, simile, personification, prosopopoeia, allegory, apologue, parable, fable, allusion, adumbration, application, exaggeration, hyperbole, association, association of ideas (analogy), metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical, typical, tralatitious, parabolic, allegorical, allusive, anagogical, ironical, colloquial, tropical, so to speak, so to say, so to express oneself, as it were, mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.
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