'Eruptive' definitions:
Definition of 'eruptive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Producing or characterized by eruptions; "an eruptive disease"
adjective
Produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents" [syn: igneous, eruptive] [ant: aqueous, sedimentary]
adjective
Actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"
Definition of 'Eruptive'
From: GCIDE
- Eruptive \E*rup"tive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]ruptif.]
- 1. Breaking out or bursting forth. [1913 Webster]
- The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive through the cloud. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geol.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eruptive'
From: GCIDE
- Eruptive \E*rup"tive\, n. (Geol.) An eruptive rock. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eruptive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitable,
- bursting,
- detonating,
- edgy,
- emotional,
- emotionally unstable,
- excitable,
- explodable,
- explosible,
- explosive,
- fulminating,
- high-mettled,
- high-spirited,
- high-strung,
- highly emotional,
- inflammable,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- mettlesome,
- nervous,
- perturbable,
- prickly,
- sensitive,
- skittish,
- startlish,
- touchy,
- volcanic