Outpouring

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.

    "Let me speak—I know I may trust your kindness; and, even if you turned into after ridicule the bitter outpouring of this moment's misery, you would but do as others, in whom I trusted, have done."

  2. 2
    a large flow wordnet
  3. 3
    the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) wordnet
  4. 4
    the pouring forth of a fluid wordnet
  5. 5
    a sudden rapid flow (as of water) wordnet
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  1. 6
    a natural flow of ground water wordnet

Synonyms

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dischargefloodabundanceaffluenceample sufficiencyampleness

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"“I do think it’s important that there be a proper tribute to Princess Diana,” royal author Fitzwilliams told VOA. “She had a truly extraordinary life, and indeed her reaching out to AIDS sufferers and also her campaign against landmines are titanic achievements. If you consider the way also that the British people took her so much to their hearts and the outpouring of grief when she tragically died.”"

Etymology

From out- + pouring.

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