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Definition of Flare-up
1. Noun. A sudden intense happening. "A burst of lightning"
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Salvo, Rush
Derivative terms: Flare Up
Definition of Flare-up
1. Noun. A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity) ¹
2. Noun. A sudden intensification in activity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flare-up
Literary usage of Flare-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"A 'flare-up' with His Excellency. THE Comanches having all disappeared, we resumed
our march, and soon emerged into an open plain or mesa which was one of ..."
2. The Emigrant by Francis Bond Head (1852)
"THE flare-up. As soon as Mr. McKenzie, Dr. Buncombe, Mr. Robert Baldwin, Mr.
Speaker Bidwell, Dr. John* Rolph, and other nameless demagogues found that ..."
3. A Run Through the United States, During the Autumn of 1840 by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1841)
"... of regard for the old Land— Sir John Harvey and Mr. Quincy Adams — flare-up
in the Astor House Arena — Kentuckian Politeness and Brotherly Affection. ..."
4. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions by Charles Mackay (1850)
"This phrase was " Flare up !" and it is, even now, a colloquialism in common use.
It took its rise in the time of the Reform riots, when Bristol was nearly ..."
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