spill (sth) out
— phrasal verb with spill uk/spɪl/us/spɪl/verb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] spilled or UK also spilt, spilled or UK also spilt
to talk about or express an emotion freely:
All his resentment spilled out.
I listened quietly as she spilled out all her anger and despair.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- hot and heavy idiom
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- marvel
- moved
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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