Synonyms for flare up
flare up

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outburst, burst, flare-upverb

   a sudden intense happening

   "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

   Synonyms:
   outburst, fusillade, volley, flare-up, fit, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, explosion, effusion, salvo, ebullition, burst

2. flare upverb

   ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down

   "the fire flared up and died down once again"

   Synonyms:
   irrupt, erupt, flare, break open, burst out

3. erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst outverb

   erupt or intensify suddenly

   "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

   Synonyms:
   come out, intrude, catch fire, ignite, blaze up, break through, extravasate, belch, burn up, flare out, flare, break open, break, burst, break out, combust, irrupt, erupt, flame, burst out, flame up, split, explode, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, pop out

Matched Categories

1. • Ignite

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flare up

   Synonyms:
   fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, fire up, lose one's temper, boil over with rage

How to pronounce flare up?

How to say flare up in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use flare up in a sentence?

1. The President:

   The crisis is being handled. ... Some areas that were very hard-hit are now doing very well. Some were doing very well, and we thought they may be gone and they flare up, and we're putting out the fires.

2. Homer:

   We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.

3. Frederick Kaplan:

   The other difficult part of FOP is that you don’t know when the next flare-up is going to occur, how long it’s going to last, how painful it’s going to feel and how disabling it’s going to be.

4. Sid Blumenthal:

   Jane Mayer’s piece details the many moving and uncontrolled parts of the torture debate, which has become chronic and will flare up again and again, the ‘distraction’ will not go away. I would avoid ever being drawn into commenting on any aspect.

5. Daniel Pipes:

   Most of the time, these are quiet places with nothing going on, but they’re apt to flare up.