noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of flare-up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
flare up
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verb
Meaning 2
To burn brightly again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The fire flared up after we added more wood to it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To become more intense suddenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Reports indicate that tensions have flared up in the Middle East again.
- The pain in my shoulder flares up when I turn my head.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To burst out suddenly, as in anger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, sometimes
Examples
- The insult made him flare up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
erupt or intensify suddenly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Unrest erupted in the country
- Tempers flared at the meeting
- The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: erupt, irrupt, flare, break open, burst out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intensify, deepen
verb
Meaning 6
ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the fire flared up and died down once again
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ignite, light
Narrower terms: kindle, inflame
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разгарям се (razgarjam se) — burn brightly again
- Bulgarian: разпалвам се (razpalvam se) — burn brightly again
- Bulgarian: лумвам (lumvam) — burn brightly again
- Chinese Mandarin: 重新燃起 (chóngxīn ránqǐ) — burn brightly again
- Chinese Mandarin: 復燃 /复燃 (fùrán) — burn brightly again
- Finnish: leimahtaa — burn brightly again
- French: se raviver — burn brightly again
- Galician: reavivar — burn brightly again
- German: aufflackern — burn brightly again
- German: auflodern — burn brightly again
- German: aufleuchten — burn brightly again
- Latin: inaestuō — burn brightly again
- Māori: papahū — burn brightly again
- Māori: kōwhekowheko — burn brightly again
- Polish: rozbłyskiwać — burn brightly again
- Polish: rozbłyskać — burn brightly again
- Polish: rozbłysnąć — burn brightly again
- Russian: вспы́хивать (vspýxivatʹ) — burn brightly again
- Russian: вспы́хнуть (vspýxnutʹ) — burn brightly again
- Swedish: flamma upp — burn brightly again
- Swedish: blossa upp — burn brightly again
- Bulgarian: лумвам (lumvam) — become more intense suddenly
- Bulgarian: разпалвам се (razpalvam se) — become more intense suddenly
- Bulgarian: разгарям се (razgarjam se) — become more intense suddenly
- Bulgarian: избухвам (izbuhvam) — become more intense suddenly
- Chinese Mandarin: 突然加劇 /突然加剧 (tūrán jiājù) — become more intense suddenly
- Chinese Mandarin: 驟然升溫 /骤然升温 (zhòurán shēngwēn) — become more intense suddenly
- Finnish: leimahtaa — become more intense suddenly
- French: s'embraser — become more intense suddenly
- Galician: intensificarse — become more intense suddenly
- German: aufflammen — become more intense suddenly
- German: auflodern — become more intense suddenly
- Māori: kōwhekowheko — become more intense suddenly
- Polish: wybuchać — become more intense suddenly
- Polish: wybuchnąć — become more intense suddenly
- Polish: zaostrzać się — become more intense suddenly
- Polish: zaostrzyć się — become more intense suddenly
- Russian: вспы́хивать (vspýxivatʹ) — become more intense suddenly
- Swedish: blossa upp — become more intense suddenly
- Ukrainian: спала́хувати (spaláxuvaty) — become more intense suddenly
- Ukrainian: спалахну́ти (spalaxnúty) — become more intense suddenly
- Arabic: اِنْدَلَعَ (indalaʕa) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Bulgarian: избухвам (izbuhvam) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Chinese Mandarin: 突然爆發 /突然爆发 (tūrán bàofā) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Chinese Mandarin: 勃然大怒 (bórán dànù) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Finnish: kimmastua — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Finnish: suutahtaa — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Finnish: raivostua — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Finnish: kuohahtaa — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- French: s'emporter — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Galician: rebentar — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Galician: estoupar — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Galician: estourar — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- German: aufflammen — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- German: emporlodern — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Ingrian: pikastua — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Japanese: 勃発する (boppatsu suru) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Persian: الو گرفتن (alow gereftan) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Polish: wybuchać — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Polish: wybuchnąć — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Russian: вспы́хивать (vspýxivatʹ) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Russian: вспы́хнуть (vspýxnutʹ) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Russian: вспыли́ть (vspylítʹ) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Swedish: rasa till — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Ukrainian: спала́хувати (spaláxuvaty) — burst out suddenly, as in anger
- Ukrainian: спалахну́ти (spalaxnúty) — burst out suddenly, as in anger