Synonyms for flare up

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : flair

Phonetic Transcription : flɛər

Top 10 synonyms for flare up

Other synonyms for the word flare up

Définition of flare up

Origin : "bright, unsteady light," 1814, from flare (v.), which led to the sense of "signal fire" (1883). Flares "flared trousers" is from 1964.

As in offense : noun anger, hard feelings
As in outbreak : noun sudden happening
As in outburst : noun fit of temper
As in outrage : noun anger
As in paroxysm : noun seizure, spasm
As in passion : noun strong emotion
As in pique : noun anger, irritation
As in spat : noun dispute, quarrel
As in tantrum : noun fit
As in wrath : noun extreme anger
As in blowup : noun an angry outburst
As in blaze : noun torrent
As in irateness : noun fury
As in dispute : noun argument
As in eruption : noun ejection
As in explosion : noun eruption, discharge
As in flare-up : noun sudden outbreak
As in fury : noun anger, wrath
As in gust : noun rush, eruption
As in rise : verb become apparent
As in surface : verb come to the top of
As in bristle : verb become upset, excited
As in erupt : verb give forth, eject with force
As in explode : verb blow up
As in fight : verb engage in physical encounter
As in flame : verb burn
As in ignite : verb set on fire

Example sentences :

If I should try just once to tell her what she ought to do she'd flare up like a bonfire.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I think it is only fair that you should know it, but you need not flare up.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

There is wide discontent with our rule which needs only a leader to flare up.
Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Every time it is alluded to in the most distant way, you flare up and get angry.
Extract from : « Sisters Three » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

He saw Ursula kindle and flare up to the romance of the situation.
Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The fires had burned too close to have left material to ever flare up again.
Extract from : « An Unoficial Patriot » by Helen Gardener

When it is put out before it has time to flare up and blaze away.
Extract from : « How to Solve Conundrums » by Anonymous

Expect a flare up of animosity between Greece and Macedonia.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

When it is put out before it has had time to flare up and blaze away.
Extract from : « The Handbook of Conundrums » by Edith B. Ordway

Most girls who go into situations have to grin and pretend they like it, but I should flare up.
Extract from : « Furze the Cruel » by John Trevena

Antonyms for flare up

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