Purging

Quick meaning: Purging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of purge.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of purge.

More Meanings

1. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
2. The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:
3. (dermatology) The process in which acne temporarily worsened due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying acne to the surface more quickly.
4. (chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
5. (obsolete and rare) That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
6. (obsolete and rare) Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.

Example Sentences

He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings.

Skin purging looks a lot like acne, but they are not the same. Skin purging may have many of the skin issues of acne, but it’s the storm before the calm, versus the other way around.

Word Forms

• purgings

Synonyms for purging

Depending on context, synonyms include purge, witchhunt, defecation, blood, sin, vomit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include purifying, purgation, purgatorial, clearing, cleanup, dropping.

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