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flare up en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of flare-up.
   alt of flare-up

Forms

flare up en · VERB

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1. (intransitive) To burn brightly again.
   • The fire flared up after we added more wood to it.
2. (intransitive) To become more intense suddenly.
   • Reports indicate that tensions have flared up in the Middle East again.
   • The pain in my shoulder flares up when I turn my head.
3. (intransitive, sometimes, with “out” instead of “up”) To burst out suddenly, as in anger.
   • “Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • "It's my Welsh half that comes out when I flare up. Let the conjurors take their dirty money and let the rich folk keep their purses shut." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
   • The insult made him flare up.

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Translations (66)

pl rozbłyskiwać (burn brightly again) · pl zaostrzyć się (become more intense suddenly) · ru вспы́хивать (become more intense suddenly) · uk спала́хувати (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · gl estoupar (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · de auflodern (burn brightly again) · ru вспы́хивать (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · la inaestuō (burn brightly again) · de aufflammen (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · sv blossa upp (become more intense suddenly) · pl wybuchnąć (become more intense suddenly) · de emporlodern (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · cmn 突然爆發 /突然爆发 (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · gl intensificarse (become more intense suddenly) · fr s'emporter (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · pl rozbłyskać (burn brightly again) · fi kimmastua (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · de auflodern (become more intense suddenly) · bg избухвам (become more intense suddenly) · fi leimahtaa (become more intense suddenly) · mi kōwhekowheko (burn brightly again) · pl wybuchnąć (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · gl rebentar (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · cmn 驟然升溫 /骤然升温 (become more intense suddenly) · pl wybuchać (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · uk спалахну́ти (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · cmn 勃然大怒 (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · pl zaostrzać się (become more intense suddenly) · fr s'embraser (become more intense suddenly) · cmn 復燃 /复燃 (burn brightly again) · bg лумвам (become more intense suddenly) · cmn 突然加劇 /突然加剧 (become more intense suddenly) · fa الو گرفتن (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · ru вспы́хнуть (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · pl wybuchać (become more intense suddenly) · mi kōwhekowheko (become more intense suddenly) · bg разпалвам се (burn brightly again) · sv flamma upp (burn brightly again) · ru вспы́хнуть (burn brightly again) · bg избухвам (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · sv blossa upp (burn brightly again) · izh pikastua (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · fr se raviver (burn brightly again) · pl rozbłysnąć (burn brightly again) · fi leimahtaa (burn brightly again) · cmn 重新燃起 (burn brightly again) · bg разгарям се (burn brightly again) · bg разпалвам се (become more intense suddenly) · gl estourar (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · ru вспыли́ть (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · gl reavivar (burn brightly again) · uk спала́хувати (become more intense suddenly) · ar اِنْدَلَعَ (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · fi raivostua (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · de aufflackern (burn brightly again) · fi kuohahtaa (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · de aufleuchten (burn brightly again) · uk спалахну́ти (become more intense suddenly) · bg лумвам (burn brightly again) · bg разгарям се (become more intense suddenly) · ja 勃発する (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · de aufflammen (become more intense suddenly) · ru вспы́хивать (burn brightly again) · fi suutahtaa (burst out suddenly, as in anger) · mi papahū (burn brightly again) · sv rasa till (burst out suddenly, as in anger)