Lexic.us

Definition of Flare up

1. Verb. Ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down. "The fire flared up and died down once again"

2. Verb. Erupt or intensify suddenly. "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

Definition of Flare up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To burn brightly again. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To become more intense suddenly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flare Up

flappings flappity flappy flaps flapt flare flare-up flare-ups flare angel flare gun

flare out flare path flare star flare streaming flare up (current term) flare up at flareback flarebacks flared flared teeth

flarepath flares flareup flareups flarier flariest flarimeter flaring flaringly

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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