Meanings
present singular third person vents one's spleen · participle present venting one's spleen · participle past vented one's spleen · past vented one's spleen
- To openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.
I know that this is vitriol, no-solution spleen-venting; but I feel better having screamed, don't you?
1992 October 5, R.E.M., “Ignoreland”, in Automatic for the PeopleSynonyms: take it out on, vent one's gall
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 向…發脾氣, 向…发脾气
- 向…發脾氣, 向…发脾气 (xiàng...fā píqi)to openly express pent-up anger
Dutch zijn/haar hart luchten
- zijn/haar hart luchtento openly express pent-up anger
Finnish purkaa kiukkuaan
- purkaa kiukkuaanto openly express pent-up anger
French passer ses nerfs
- passer ses nerfsto openly express pent-up anger
German seine schlechte Laune an jmdm. auslassen
- seine schlechte Laune an jmdm. auslassento openly express pent-up anger
Hindi भड़ास निकालना, पित्ता निकालना
- भड़ास निकालना (bhaṛās nikālnā)to openly express pent-up anger
- पित्ता निकालना (pittā nikālnā)to openly express pent-up anger
- ग़ुबार निकालना (ġubār nikālnā)to openly express pent-up anger
- जी का बुख़ार निकालना (jī kā buxār nikālnā)to openly express pent-up anger
- बुख़ार निकालना (buxār nikālnā)to openly express pent-up anger
- उतारना (utārnā)to openly express pent-up anger
- क्रोध उतारना (krodh utārnā)to openly express pent-up anger
Polish wyżalać się, wyżalić się
- wyżalać sięto openly express pent-up anger
- wyżalić sięto openly express pent-up anger
Portuguese desabafar, descontar em alguém
- desabafarto openly express pent-up anger
- descontar em alguémto openly express pent-up anger
Spanish soltar, descargar
- soltarto openly express pent-up anger
- descargarto openly express pent-up anger
Cite this entry
vent one's spleen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vent%20one's%20spleen
“vent one's spleen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vent%20one's%20spleen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vent one's spleen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vent%20one's%20spleen.
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