flare-up noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of flare-up noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

flare-up

noun

[usually singular]

1a sudden expression of angry or violent feeling synonym outburst a flare-up of tension between the two sides

Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

2(of an illness) a sudden painful attack, especially after a period without any problems or pain

3the fact of a fire suddenly starting to burn again more strongly than before a flare-up of the brushfires

See flare-up in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Check pronunciation: flare-up

All matches

Phrasal verbs