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Showing words for CATACHRESIS using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Catachresis

catachresis

9 Letter Words for Catachresis

arachises, archaists, caritases, catharses, catharsis, chastiser, sarcastic, scratches, scritches, staircase, theriacas

8 Letter Words for Catachresis

accessit, archaist, aretaics, ascetics, asterias, atresias, cashiers, castries, catchers, catchier, characts, charases, chariest, chastise, chessart, chistera, citharas, cratches, ectasias, hetairas, issachar, rachises, scarcest, scariest, scatches, scraichs, screichs, scriechs, seacatch, shariats, sheriats, starches, stichera, striches, taisches, tecassir, tescaria, theriaca, theriacs

7 Letter Words for Catachresis

acaters, accites, acetars, achates, achiest, achiras, acratic, actress, aitches, arachic, arachis, araises, archaic, archest, arctics, arishes, aristas, artsies, asarite, ascaris, ascetic, ascites, asearch, aseitas, ashiest, asiarch, asserta, asteria, atresia, atresic, cachets, caecias, caesars, cahiers, caracts, caratch, carates, carcass, carices, carissa, caritas, carites, cashers, cashier, casitas, cassare, cassate, cassite, casters, castice, catcher, catches, catchie, certhia, chacate, chaises, chaitra, charact, charcia, charets, charies, chartae, chartas, chasers, chaster, chicest, chirata, christs, circaea, cithara, cithers, crashes, creachs, creatic, cretics, crisset, cristae, cristas, ectasia, ectasis, eriachs, eschara, eschars, estrich, hairsts, harissa, hastier, hatress, hectics, hetaira, rachets, raciest, racists, rasceta, rashest, ratches, recasts, recatch, rhaetic, richest, saccate, sachets, sacrate, sacrist, sairest, saithes, sarcast, satires, scaiths, scarths, scathes, scraich, scratch, screich, scriech, scritch, scrithe, searats, seastar, setaria, sharias, shariat, shaster, shastra, shastri, sherias, sheriat, siccate, stacher, stashie, stearic, sterics, striche, taishes, taricha, tarsias, tessara, theriac, tirasse, trachea, trashes

6 Letter Words for Catachresis

acater, acates, access, accise, accite, accras, aceric, acetic, achate, acheat, acheta, achier, achira, achras, achter, acrita, acrite, actias, airest, airths, arache, araise, arcate, archai, archei, arches, archie, archit, arctic, areach, arecas, arhats, arises, arista, ariste, artics, arties, ascare, ascher, ascite, ashets, ashier, assart, assate, assert, asseth, assith, astare, asters, caches, cachet, cahier, cahita, caisse, caract, carate, carats, caress, carest, carets, carica, caries, carses, cartas, cartes, casate, caseic, casher, cashes, casita, casshe, cassia, cassie, caster, castes, castra, caters, cathar, cerata, cercis, cerias, certis, cestas, chaces, chacra, chacte, chaeta, chairs, chaise, charac, charas, chares, charet, charie, charta, charts, chaser, chases, chassa, chasse, chaste, cheats, cherts, chests, chicas, chicer, chirts, chitra, christ, cichar, cistae, citers, citess, cither, crache, crases, crasis, cratch, crates, creach, crests, cretic, crises, crissa, crista, critch, criths, csects, earths, eriach, ericas, escars, eschar, essart, ethics, hairse, hairst, harace, harass, harast, hassar, haster, hastes, haters, hearst, hearts, heasts, hectar, hectic, heists, hestia, hisser, hister, ischar, ishtar, itches, raasch, racche, raches, rachet, rachis, racist, raises, raitas, rashes, reacts, reasts, reatas, recash, recast, recits, reists, resaca, resist, resits, restis, rhesis, riatas, richea, riches, richts, sacate, sachet, sahras, saices, saithe, saiths, sastra, satire, scaith, scarce, scares, scarth, scarts, scatch, scathe, scaths, scheat, schist, sciara, sciath, scraes, scrath, scrats, scries, scrite, searat, search, seracs, serais, sestia, shares, sharia, shasta, shears, sheria, shicer, shiers, shiest, shires, shirts, shrite, siccar, sicsac, siesta, sieths, sister, sistra, sitars, sithes, stairs, starch, stares, stears, steric, stichs, stires, straes, striae, strich, taches, tairas, taisch, tarish, tarsia, tasars, tasers, tashes, tashie, tassah, tasser, tassie, teaish, terais, terass, tercia, thecia, theics, theirs, thesis, thrace, thrice, tiaras, tiches, traces, tresis, triace, triacs, tricae, trices, trisha

5 Letter Words for Catachresis

acari, acast, acate, accra, accts, acers, aceta, achar, acher, aches, acier, acies, acres, acris, aecia, aeric, aesir, airth, airts, aitch, arace, arach, arase, arati, arcae, arces, arche, archt, areas, areca, arest, arets, arhat, arias, aries, arise, arish, arist, arite, arith, arsis, artha, artic, asarh, asher, ashes, ashet, ashir, assai, asset, aster, astir, astre, atars, athar, atria, cacas, cacei, cache, cachi, cacti, carat, cares, caret, carse, carta, carte, carts, casas, caser, cases, casha, casse, caste, casts, catch, cater, cates, ceras, cerat, cerci, ceria, ceric, certs, cesar, cesta, cesti, cetic, chace, chair, chais, chait, chara, chare, chars, chart, chase, chass, chati, chats, cheat, cheir, chert, chess, chest, chias, chica, chics, chirt, chits, chria, cicer, circa, circe, circs, cires, cista, cists, citer, cites, craie, crash, crass, crate, crche, cresc, cress, crest, creta, cries, crise, criss, crith, crits, csect, earsh, earst, earth, easts, ecart, echar, erica, erics, escar, ethic, haars, haire, hairs, haras, hares, harst, harts, hasta, haste, hater, hates, hears, heart, heast, heats, heirs, heist, hests, hiate, hiera, hires, hirse, hirst, hists, icers, iches, irate, isaac, ishes, iters, ither, raash, races, rache, raias, raise, raita, raits, rasse, rasta, ratas, ratch, rates, ratha, rathe, raths, reach, react, reais, reast, reata, recit, recti, reich, reist, resat, resit, rests, retch, retia, rheas, rheic, rhies, riata, rices, riche, richt, rises, rissa, rites, rithe, sacra, sacre, saice, saics, sairs, saist, saith, sarah, saris, sarsa, satai, sates, satis, scare, scars, scart, scase, scath, scats, sceat, scrae, scrat, scrit, sears, seats, sects, seirs, serac, serai, seric, serta, sesti, share, shear, sheas, sheat, shets, shice, shier, shies, shire, shirs, shirt, shist, shita, shits, shris, sicca, sicer, sices, sicht, siest, sieth, sires, sitar, sitch, sites, sithe, stacc, staia, stair, stare, stars, stash, stchi, stear, stech, steri, stich, sties, stire, stirs, strae, stria, tacca, taces, tache, tachi, tachs, tahar, tahas, tahrs, taich, taira, taise, taish, taras, tarea, tares, tarie, tarse, tarsi, tasar, taser, tasse, tchai, teach, tears, techs, tehrs, terai, teras, thars, theca, theia, theic, their, thrae, tiara, tiars, ticca, ticer, tices, tiers, tires, tisar, trace, trash, trass, treas, tress, triac, trias, trica, trice, tries

4 Letter Words for Catachresis

aahs, acca, acce, acct, acer, aces, ache, acre, acta, acth, acts, ahas, aias, aire, airs, airt, aith, aits, arca, arch, arcs, area, ares, aret, aria, aris, arte, arts, asar, asci, asea, asia, asse, assi, asst, asta, astr, atar, ates, atis, caca, cace, caci, caic, cair, care, cars, cart, casa, case, cash, cass, cast, cate, cath, cats, ceas, ceca, cera, cert, cess, cest, ceti, chaa, chai, char, chas, chat, cher, chia, chic, chis, chit, cira, circ, cire, cisc, cist, cite, cits, cres, cric, cris, crit, crts, csch, each, ears, east, eath, eats, ecch, echt, eira, eras, erat, eria, eric, eris, ersh, erst, erth, esca, ests, etas, etch, eths, etic, haar, haec, haes, hair, hait, hare, hart, hast, hate, hats, hear, heat, heir, hera, hers, hert, hest, hets, hics, hies, hire, hiss, hist, hits, iaea, iare, icer, ices, ichs, ires, isth, itas, itch, iter, raca, race, rach, rahs, raia, rais, rait, rasa, rash, rast, rata, rate, rath, rats, recs, rect, rehs, reit, rest, rets, rhea, rhet, rias, rice, rich, ries, risc, rise, rist, rita, rite, rits, sacs, saic, sair, sais, sare, sari, sars, sart, sasa, sash, sata, sate, sati, scar, scat, scet, scsi, seah, sear, seas, seat, sech, secs, sect, seir, seis, seit, sers, sert, seta, seth, sets, shea, sher, shes, shet, shia, shir, shit, shri, sicc, sice, sich, sics, sier, sire, sirs, sise, sish, sist, sita, site, sith, sits, srac, sris, star, ster, stie, stir, stra, stre, taar, tace, tach, taha, tahr, tais, tara, tare, tari, tars, tash, tass, tche, tchr, tear, teas, teca, tech, tehr, tera, thae, thai, thar, thea, thir, this, tiar, tice, tich, tics, tier, ties, tire, trac, trah, tres, trie, tshi, tsia

3 Letter Words for Catachresis

aah, aas, acc, ace, ach, act, aer, aes, aha, ahi, ahs, aia, air, ais, ait, ara, arc, are, ars, art, ase, ash, ass, ast, ate, cai, car, cat, cer, cha, che, chi, chs, cia, cie, cir, cis, cit, crc, crs, crt, csc, csi, cst, cte, ctr, cts, ear, eas, eat, ecc, ech, ect, ehs, eir, era, ers, ert, esc, esr, ess, est, eta, etc, eth, hae, has, hat, hei, her, hes, het, hia, hic, hie, hir, his, hit, hrs, hts, iaa, ice, ich, ihs, ira, ire, irs, ise, ish, ist, ita, its, rah, rai, ras, rat, rct, rea, rec, reh, rei, res, rha, rhe, ria, rie, rit, rte, rti, saa, sac, sah, sai, sar, sat, sch, sci, scr, sct, sea, sec, sei, ser, set, sha, she, shi, shr, sht, sic, sie, sir, sis, sit, sri, sse, ssh, sta, str, taa, tai, tar, tas, tch, tea, tec, ter, tes, tha, the, tic, tie, tis, tra, tri, trs, tsh, tsi, tss

Definitions for Catachresis

[1] misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.
[2] the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious

Words related to Catachresis

harm, maltreatment, mistreatment, prostitution, exploitation, waste, corruption, inhumanity, atrocity, brutality, cruelty, barbarity, desecration, misapplication, perversion, solecism, profanation, dissipation, barbarism, injury

Words nearby Catachresis

catabolism, catabolite, catabolite gene activator protein, catabolize, catacaustic, catachresis, catachronobiology, cataclasis, cataclastic, cataclinal, cataclysm

Origin of Catachresis

1580–90; < Latin < Greek: a misuse (akin to katachrêsthai to misuse), equivalent to kata- cata- + chrêsis use (chrê(sthai ) to use, need + -sis -sis)

Other words from Catachresis

cat·a·chres·tic [kat-uh -kres -tik] /ˌkæt əˈkrɛs tɪk/ , cat·a·chres·ti·cal , adjective
cat·a·chres·ti·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Catachresis

C16: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis a misusing, from katakhrēsthai, from khrēsthai to use

Synonyms for Catachresis

corruption, exploitation, harm, maltreatment, mistreatment, prostitution, squandering, waste, barbarism, desecration, dissipation, ill-treatment, injury, malapropism, misapplication, perversion, profanation, solecism, abusage, cruel treatment, misemployment, misusage, rough handling