pouring out
Gushing from container
Pouring out describes liquid flowing continuously from a container, but the phrase most often appears figuratively.
People pour out their hearts, their feelings, their gratitude—releasing emotion in an unrestrained stream: She poured out her troubles to anyone who would listen.
Crowds pour out of stadiums; complaints pour out of customers.
The image is always of abundance flowing freely.
- emptyingRemoving all contents
- spilling overExceeding a container's limit
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- effusionUnrestrained emotional discharge
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
deluge · rain down · confession · exude · catharsis · discharge · decanting · venting · sobbing · gushing · release · drain · weeping · splashing · spill · cascade · flooding · tipping
- fluid movementflowing, dripping, draining, oozing, seeping
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- emotional releasecry, venting, crying, sob, sobbing
- spillsspill, spillage, spilling, overflow, overflowing
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
pouring outpouring in
Arriving in abundance
filling up · filling · replenishing · topping off · refilling
pouring outkeeping in
Retaining within bounds
retaining · containing · bottling up · plugging · stopping up
pouring outbottling up
Containing emotions internally
holding back · suppressing · keeping in · repressing · internalizing
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