OUTPOURING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈau̇t-ˌpȯr-iŋ

Definition of outpouring

as in exodus

a flowing or going out an outpouring of affection and support for the high school athlete in need of an organ transplant the soccer team's trip to Italy was funded by an outpouring of cash donations from the public

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verb

present participle of outpour

as in gushing

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Noun

Following an outpouring of support for Jackie, a famous bald eagle mother watched by millions, the California State Senate passed Senate Resolution 140. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026 Organizations and community leaders expressed an outpouring of support following the shooting. — Sarah Moon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026 Parton died August 25 at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer, prompting an outpouring of tributes. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026 The jarring post struck a chord with Miguel’s IG following, as an outpouring of support flooded his comment section. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outpouring

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Noun

Investors are also betting on a future DeepSeek listing in the mainland, said Wayne Shiong, managing partner at Argo Venture Partners, as the startup risks an exodus of senior engineers without financial incentives to stay.

— Anniek Bao,Elaine Yu, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
At the same time, Blanche must try to stabilize a workforce shaken by an exodus of experienced lawyers and an erosion of trust in the judicial branch.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of exodus

Verb

Water was seen gushing dozens of feet into the air before police could begin investigating the incident.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
And as Salfino wrote in his Zero RB column, Mitchell was a lightning-quick signing by the Chargers the moment free agency opened, with John Harbaugh gushing about how dangerous RBs with Mitchell’s speed can be.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of gushing

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Chan’s parents always treated their back pain from laborious food industry jobs with acupuncture and cupping, the practice of using cups or suction on the skin to stimulate blood flow and the flow of chi, or energy.

— Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of flow

Verb

Retail investors were meanwhile pouring money into oil funds on the assumption that prices would rebound, adding to strains in the futures market.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Experts say the realities of construction –– blasting through rock with dynamite, pouring concrete into natural landforms and storing water in reservoirs –– could have unintended effects.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pouring

Verb

Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Triton’s nitrogen geyser system Voyager 2 observed at least four dark plumes erupting from Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, during its 1989 flyby.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of erupting

Verb

The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) from the top of the mountain into the sky over Sumatra island.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
That heart-wrenching news was swiftly entangled in the anti-vaccine misinformation Kennedy was spewing online.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of spewing

Verb

Camera footage recorded June 18 showed the pool occasionally spouting water 20 to 30 feet into the air before returning to an active boil.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Camera observations taken on June 18 showed intermittent episodes of spouting within the pool.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 June 2026

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