flaring (up)

verb

Definition of flaring (up)next
present participle of flare (up)
1
as in having a fit
to become very angry naturally I flared up when he insulted me

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2
as in blazing (up)
to develop suddenly and violently my allergies always flare up in the spring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaring (up)
  1. snarling
  2. erupting
  3. blowing up
  4. exploding
  5. angering
  6. breaking out
  7. glaring
  8. snapping
Verb
  • Just like in the darnkess cave, the snarling machine gun of thoughts—unanswered emails, to-dos, and angst about my 17 year old’s plans to travel the world alone—slowly fell silent.
    — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Argentina is a snarling team full of passion-merchants.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of snarling
Verb
  • Lettuce and salad greens have become the prime suspects in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora, which is surging nationwide but erupting to extraordinary heights in Michigan.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • Their teammates gathered to support them during the derby, a grin perpetually lining Marsh’s face and erupting across Jhoan Duran’s as Schwarber hit homer after homer.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of erupting
Verb
  • Amal Clooney was spotted at the Milan airport in an unexpected travel style that had the InStyle group chat blowing up.
    — Eva Thomas, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • And, more recently, Ukraine started blowing up Russian energy facilities.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of blowing up
Verb
  • Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • Unsurprisingly, this took a few attempts to get right—resulting in three vacuum tubes exploding.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of exploding
Verb
  • Leaders of the Maine Democratic Party are still working toward a process to replace Graham Platner, without angering his supporters.
    — Dan Merica, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • The mayor floated the idea to place Williams on probation for six months, angering the city manager’s supporters in the crowd.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of angering
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  • After celebrating, a video posted by BBC Sport showed the Belgian squad huddling together to bask in their victory, before breaking out into dance.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • Frustration is boiling over, and fights are breaking out between people struggling to buy rationed supplies of gasoline.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Definition of breaking out
Verb
  • Iraola has made a really positive start, but there are glaring gaps in the squad Slot left behind that have yet to be filled.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Once launched, Eärendil-1 would deploy an 18-meter-wide steerable mirror to demonstrate that technological feat; anyone or anything in the path of its beam would see the satellite as a glaring dot shining up to four times brighter than a full moon.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of glaring
Verb
  • Sparks, buzzing, crackling, snapping or popping noises can all indicate that there may be electricity in the water.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • Boston took two more over the weekend from Tampa before another win on Monday against Baltimore, snapping the Orioles’ own seven-game win streak.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of snapping
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“Flaring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaring%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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