Standard Lemma guide

recrudesce

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˌɹɛkɹu(ː)ˈdɛs/
  • /ˌɹi-/
  • rhymes with -ɛs

1

verb

Meaning 1

To recur, or break out anew after a quiescence or dormant period.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

become raw or open

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He broke out in hives
  • My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries
  • Such boils tend to recrudesce

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: erupt, break out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trouble, ail, pain

3

verb

Meaning 3

happen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Report the news as it develops
  • These political movements recrudesce from time to time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break, develop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.