outburst

Speech parts

1. outburst - Noun

2. outburst - Verb

Meaning

A bursting forth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gush explosion burst blast effusion blowup flare-up ebullition gale sally paddy fury peal attack squall
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Antonyms

exodus order cyclone agreement FAST approval
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Hypernyms

reflexion expression reflection occurrence happening disturbance

Hyponyms

explosion rush cry flare salvo acting out

Phrases with the word

outburst of laughter firedamp outburst outburst of agitation rapid outburst

Anagrams

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Examples

By forces seemingly antagonistic and destructive Nature accomplishes her beneficent designs - now a flood of fire, now a flood of ice, now a flood of water; and again in the fullness of time an outburst of organic life. John Muir

His cheek twitched. With Jeremy, this was the equivalent of an emotional outburst. Kelley Armstrong

War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon's proclamations. Stendhal

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, it's unplanned, it's full of surprises. Erma Bombeck

There's nothing on my mind that couldn't be expressed by a long insane outburst of hysterical rage. Ashleigh Brilliant

The outburst of the first crusade was splendid even in a military sense, but it was great beyond comparison in its reflexion in architecture, ornament, poetry, color, religion and philosophy. Its men were astonishing, and its women were worth all the rest. Henry Adams

Close letter words and terms

outbully outburn outburp outburst flood outburst of agitation outburst of laughter