flares (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of flare (up)
1
as in angers
to become very angry naturally I flared up when he insulted me

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2
as in erupts
to develop suddenly and violently my allergies always flare up in the spring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flares (up)
  1. angers
  2. erupts
  3. snarls
  4. explodes
  5. snaps
  6. breaks out
  7. glares
  8. blows up
Verb
  • According to the myth, Agamemnon angers the goddess Artemis by killing one of her sacred deer.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
  • Lai, who won election two years ago, and his ruling DPP champion Taiwan’s separate identity from China, a position ​that frequently angers Beijing, which views the island as an inviolable part of Chinese territory.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 July 2026
Definition of angers
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  • The best seat in the house is wherever the room erupts when the ball hits the net.
    — Ali Farooqui, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of erupts
Verb
  • Day to day, as the city grows, there’s also the question of traffic, which snarls the city as public transit initiatives have repeatedly struggled.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of snarls
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  • The risk still explodes when proper people and processes aren't in place to properly triage and patch real vulnerabilities that can affect your organization.
    — RJ Friedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Instead, as Laura bugs her sister long enough about just forgiving her already, Mary explodes.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
Definition of explodes
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  • Fiction also has the ability to show how language snaps under the weight of violence, how trauma ruptures the very meaning of words.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • David Beckham snaps a portrait at an event for his podcast EA SPORTS Presents Icons of Football in New York City.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of snaps
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  • The exact split is not something the university breaks out in its Common Data Set, so the figure comes from the admissions office rather than an audited count.
    — Jamie Beaton, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • In 1967, the Six-Day War breaks out in West Asia.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
Definition of breaks out
Verb
  • My eleven-year-old self rolls her eyes, glares at my thirty-six-year-old body, and silently calls me fat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of glares
Verb
  • Sharma’s unenviable job is to trim the fat before this whole thing blows up.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Walter recommends that budding creators parse through their analytics when a video blows up—and warns not to pop the champagne too fast.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Definition of blows up
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“Flares (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flares%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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