to ooze from

Examples

• All

• Success, oozes from all of you.

  Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

• The mumbling words seem to ooze from his skin: "Now I'm going to the table..."

  Fiction book (1994)

• Talk about hate when one can feel the hate oozing from her statements!

  Blog text (25)

• Her eyes have lost the sweetness that oozed from them onto those around her.

  Fiction book (1997)

• When I opened the kitchen door, I could hear her snores oozing from the living room.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A black, slimy liquid starts to ooze from the top of the screen.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Despair oozes from every pore.

  Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness (2024)

• A droplet of water continued to ooze from his big toe at the rate of once every few seconds.

  Fiction book (1998)

• He'd already seen the yellowy-brown liquid oozing from under it and could smell the filth beyond.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Lily felt perspiration oozing from every pore in her body and knew that she would be drenched in seconds.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

S

to seep

vsto ooze from

82 2.7

To move slowly through small holes or cracks

describes leaking out of a place rather than passing through something

O

to ooze

vsto ooze from

64 3.9

To flow out slowly through small holes

specifies the origin point of the slow leak rather than general action

F

to flow out

vsto ooze from

16 2.9

Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid

implies slow, gradual leaking instead of a full stream

O

to ooze out

vsto ooze from

7 3.4

To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes

is broader and describes slow escape from a place generally

E

to exude

vsto ooze from

4 6.5

Give off liquid slowly, often in drops

focuses on leaking from an interior source rather than surface secretion

S

to seep from

vsto ooze from

3 3.5

Liquid flows slowly out of something through small holes

is not limited to tiny openings and can leak from any place

O

to ooze through

vsto ooze from

1 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

is about leaking out of a place, not passing across an object

Antonyms

P

plug

50 1.5

An object that fits tightly into a hole to stop liquid or gas

S

to stop up

1 4.6

Block a hole, pipe, or crack so nothing can pass through

How Fast

to gush

26 3.2

to pour out

22 2.9

to trickle

70 3.4

to ooze from

4 4.2

to seep from

3 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology