'flare up' definitions:
Definition of 'flare up'
From: WordNet
verb
Ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"
verb
Erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" [syn: erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out]
Synonyms of 'flare up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- bake,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- be in heat,
- belch,
- bellow,
- blaze,
- blaze of temper,
- blaze up,
- bloom,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- blowup,
- bob up,
- boil,
- boil over,
- break forth,
- bristle,
- broil,
- burn,
- burst,
- burst forth,
- cascade,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- choke,
- combust,
- come apart,
- convulsion,
- cook,
- cyclone,
- debouch,
- debouchment,
- deflagration,
- dissiliency,
- eructation,
- erupt,
- eruption,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- explosion,
- fire up,
- fit,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flash,
- flash fire,
- flash up,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flush,
- fry,
- fume,
- gale,
- gasp,
- get excited,
- gleam,
- glow,
- go into hysterics,
- gush,
- gust,
- have a tantrum,
- high words,
- hit the ceiling,
- hurricane,
- ignite,
- incandesce,
- irrupt,
- irruption,
- jet,
- kindle,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- pant,
- parch,
- paroxysm,
- pop up,
- radiate heat,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rapids,
- rave,
- roast,
- run a temperature,
- rush,
- sally,
- scald,
- scene,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- seizure,
- shimmer with heat,
- simmer,
- smolder,
- smother,
- spark,
- spasm,
- spate,
- spew,
- spring up,
- spunk up,
- spurt,
- start up,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- storm,
- suffocate,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- take fire,
- tempest,
- toast,
- tornado,
- torrent,
- turn a hair,
- upheaval,
- volcan,
- whirlwind