What is another word for effusions?

Pronunciation: [ɪfjˈuːʒənz] (IPA)

Effusions refer to the outpouring of emotions, liquids, or other substances. There are various synonyms for the word "effusions," such as overflow, flood, deluge, gush, torrent, surge, spurt, discharge, secretion, oozing, leaking, and exudation. Overflow refers to an excess of something that spills over, like emotions flooding out of someone. A deluge is an overwhelming amount of something, such as a deluge of tears. Oozing and leaking refer to a continuous slow flow of liquid, while secretion and exudation describe the discharge of substances from glands or tissue. These synonyms can help add variety and depth to written and spoken language.

What are the hypernyms for Effusions?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Effusions

The muse, whose effusions are the amusement of a very small part of a polished nation, records, in the lays of inspiration, the history the laws, the very religion, of savages.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
He added that medicine owed as much to Auenbrugger for his rational method of treating effusions into the pleural cavity, whether of pus or serum, as for his diagnostic sign by which the presence of the fluid could surely be recognized.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Mollie's girlish effusions were very innocent and loving.
"Lover or Friend"
Rosa Nouchette Carey

Famous quotes with Effusions

  • Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.
    Jane Austen

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