ventings
Letting off steam
Ventings is the plural of venting—instances of releasing pressure, gas, or emotion.
Steam ventings occur at geothermal sites.
Emotional ventings are episodes of expressing frustration or anger: Her ventings about work were getting exhausting.
The word appears most often in technical contexts describing gas or pressure release, or informally for outbursts of complaint.
Unrestrained emotional releases
- rantsLengthy angry speeches
- frustrationsFeelings from blocked efforts
- complaintsExpressions of discontent
- tiradesProlonged angry speeches
grievances · outbursts · releases · unburdening · catharsis · blowups · spillings · eruptions
outpourings
Unrestrained emotional releases
- rantsLengthy angry speeches
- frustrationsFeelings from blocked efforts
- complaintsExpressions of discontent
tirades · grievances · outbursts · releases · unburdening · catharsis · blowups · spillings · eruptions · expressions
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
- releasingAllowing to escape
- dischargingReleasing or letting go
- expellingForcing someone out
outlets · ducts · pipes · apertures · openings · emissions · escaping · outflows · evacuations · bleedings
fumaroles
Volcanic gas vents
- geysersErupting thermal water sources
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- hydrothermalHot water underground
fissures · plumes · magmatic · eruptions · degassing · tectonic
ventingsbottling up
Containing emotions internally
suppression · repression · stifling · restraint · internalizing
ventingssealing
Making impermeable
containment · blocking · plugging · closing · capping
ventingssilence
Total lack of sound
reticence · discretion · withholding · secrecy · keeping mum
- venting systemApparatus for expelling air