outburst

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- +‎ burst. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb:
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈbɝst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈbɜːst/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun:
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌbɝst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌbɜːst/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: out‧burst

Verb edit

outburst (third-person singular simple present outbursts, present participle outbursting, simple past and past participle outburst)

(intransitive) To burst out.

Noun edit

outburst (plural outbursts)

a sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.
The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.

an outburst of anger

Synonyms edit

explosion

Antonyms edit

inburst

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

a sudden expression of emotion

Bulgarian: изблик (bg) m (izblik)
French: transport (fr) m
Galician: rauto (gl) m, arroutada (gl) f, arrouto (gl) m
Georgian: აფექტი (apekṭi)
Italian: esplosione (it) f, scoppio (it) m, scroscio (it) m
Maori: rukenga, rukenga riri
Russian: вспы́шка (ru) f (vspýška), взрыв (ru) m (vzryv)
Scottish Gaelic: maoim f
Spanish: arranque (es) m, arrebato (es) m, arrechucho (es)
Ukrainian: вибух m (vybux), спалах m (spalax)

Anagrams edit

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