Meaning

3 senses
  1. A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).

    вспы́шкаvspýška

  2. A sudden intensification in activity.

    a sudden intense happening

  3. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
outbreak, outburst or eruption:

Origin

Deverbal from flare up.

Deverbal from flare up.

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Forms

plural: flare-ups

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflare up

See also

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