CATACHRESIS Crossword Clue

We found 28 solutions for 'CATACHRESIS' with 4 to 16 letters.

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Clue

Answer

Length

CATACHRESIS with 4 letters

BULL

CATACHRESIS with 5 letters

ABUSE

ERROR

FLUFF

GLOSS

CATACHRESIS with 6 letters

MISUSE

SIMILE

SPEECH

CATACHRESIS with 8 letters

METAPHOR

MISUSAGE

SOLECISM

TWISTING

CATACHRESIS with 9 letters

SQUEEZING

TORTURING

CATACHRESIS with 10 letters

DISTORTION

MISREADING

PERVERSION

SPOONERISM

CATACHRESIS with 11 letters

MALAPROPISM

MISJUDGMENT

CATACHRESIS with 12 letters

MISRENDERING

CATACHRESIS with 13 letters

MISCONCEPTION

CATACHRESIS with 14 letters

FIGURE OF SPEECH

MISAPPLICATION

CATACHRESIS with 15 letters

MISAPPREHENSION

MISCONSTRUCTION

CATACHRESIS with 16 letters

MISPRONUNCIATION

MISUNDERSTANDING

Definition of catachresis

strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

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How many solutions are there for the crossword clue "CATACHRESIS"?

There are 28 solutions. The longest is MISPRONUNCIATION with 16 letters, and the shortest is BULL with 4 letters.

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How long are the solutions for "CATACHRESIS"?

Solutions are between 4 and 16 letters long.

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