"vent one's spleen" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vent one's spleen.wav Forms: vents one's spleen [present, singular, third-person], venting one's spleen [participle, present], vented one's spleen [participle, past], vented one's spleen [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} vent one's spleen (third-person singular simple present vents one's spleen, present participle venting one's spleen, simple past and past participle vented one's spleen)
  1. To openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person. Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: take it out on, vent one's gall Translations (to openly express pent-up anger): կատաղությունը թափել (kataġutʻyunə tʻapʻel) (Armenian), 向…發脾氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 向…发脾气 (xiàng...fā píqi) (Chinese Mandarin), zijn/haar hart luchten (Dutch), purkaa kiukkuaan (Finnish), passer ses nerfs (French), seine schlechte Laune an jmdm. auslassen (German), भड़ास निकालना (bhaṛās nikālnā) (Hindi), पित्ता निकालना (pittā nikālnā) (Hindi), ग़ुबार निकालना (ġubār nikālnā) (Hindi), जी का बुख़ार निकालना (jī kā buxār nikālnā) (Hindi), बुख़ार निकालना (buxār nikālnā) (Hindi), उतारना (utārnā) (Hindi), क्रोध उतारना (krodh utārnā) (Hindi), wyżalać się [imperfective] (Polish), wyżalić się [perfective] (Polish), desabafar (Portuguese), descontar em alguém (Portuguese), soltar (Spanish), descargar (Spanish)
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          "roman": "kataġutʻyunə tʻapʻel",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
          "word": "seine schlechte Laune an jmdm. auslassen"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhaṛās nikālnā",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
          "word": "भड़ास निकालना"
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          "roman": "pittā nikālnā",
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          "roman": "ġubār nikālnā",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "roman": "jī kā buxār nikālnā",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "roman": "buxār nikālnā",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "utārnā",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
          "word": "उतारना"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "krodh utārnā",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
          "word": "descontar em alguém"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "срыва́ть злость (sryvátʹ zlostʹ) (на ком-либо/чём-либо, prepositional case)",
          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger"
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
          "word": "soltar"
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          "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "passer ses nerfs"
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhaṛās nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "भड़ास निकालना"
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      "roman": "pittā nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "पित्ता निकालना"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ġubār nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "ग़ुबार निकालना"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jī kā buxār nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "जी का बुख़ार निकालना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "buxār nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "बुख़ार निकालना"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "utārnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "उतारना"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "krodh utārnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "descontar em alguém"
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "soltar"
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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