Antonyms for wellspring

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wel-spring

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ

Definition of wellspring

Origin : Old English welspryng, literal and figurative, see well (n.) + spring (n.2).

noun fountain

Example sentences :

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it.
Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood

The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook, says the Wise Man.
Extract from : « The Chaplain of the Fleet » by Walter Besant and James Rice

And what a godsend and wellspring of delight Jess and his store were to all Rockhaven's progeny.
Extract from : « Rockhaven » by Charles Munn

Eugenie's first and only love was a wellspring of sadness within her.
Extract from : « Eugenie Grandet » by Honore de Balzac

And the body is, of necessity, a wellspring of energy; it has to do something.
Extract from : « Democracy and Education » by John Dewey

Then science may become a wellspring of wisdom, and true positive science may become one with the true knowledge of the saints.
Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori

Indeed, every intellectual conquest is a wellspring of joy to our free children.
Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori

Individual initiative, the wellspring of earlier developments in the process, became atrophied.
Extract from : « A Living from the Land » by William B. Duryee

For thou art the wellspring of life, the light of eternal brightness, wherein the just live who love thee.
Extract from : « Subconscious Religion » by Russell H. Conwell

My imagination had abundant food for reverie: what a wellspring of pleasure the future had in store for me!
Extract from : « My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI) » by Charles Paul de Kock

Synonyms for wellspring

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