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spilling
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slop, drop |
| Synonyms: | discharge, disgorge, dribble, drip, empty, flow, lose, overfill, overflow, overrun, overturn, pour, run, run out, run over, scatter, shed, spill over, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, stream, throw off, upset, well over |
| Antonyms: | clean up, pick up |
| Main Entry: | betrayal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | divulgence of information |
| Synonyms: | blurting out, diming, disclosure, giving away, ratting, revelation, snitching, spilling, squealing, tattling, telling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | pouring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | streaming |
| Synonyms: | discharging, draining, flooding, flowing, gushing, raining, rainy, running, rushing, showering, spilling, spouting, spurting |
| Main Entry: | gossipy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending to gossip |
| Synonyms: | blabbing, blabby, giving away, prattling, spilling, spilling the beans, talebearing, taletelling, whispering |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
| Synonyms: | blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth, run on, shoot the breeze, spill the beans, spill*, squeal, talk through one's hat, tattle, tell, tell on, yak, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, shut up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow over the top |
| Synonyms: | fill, fill up, hold no more, overflow, run over, spill, swell, teem, well over |
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, spit up, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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