Synonyms:
effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
Meaning: an unrestrained expression of emotion
Synonyms:
outburst, burst, flare-up
Meaning: a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
Usage examples
Then came the great outburst of activity.
Laughter like the sudden outburst of the glad bird in the tree-top
"What!" said the young farmer, opening her eyes and drawing in her breath for an outburst.
In 1851, steady-going folk were alarmed and shocked at a sudden and short-lived outburst of "bloomerism," imported from the United States.
The dark-robed priest pressed the hapless Jew to his heart with so fervent an outburst of love, that the edges of the monochal haircloth rubbed the Dominican's breast.
"But I never said a word about the Emperor!" said the officer, justifying himself, and unable to understand Rostov's outburst, except on the supposition that he was drunk.
By some fatality, principally no doubt because of the interest they excited, every discovery he published was the signal for an outburst of criticism and sometimes of attack.
"Henry,"--her voice had changed to one more natural, also her manner. The confidence expressed in this outburst, the vitality, the masculine attitude he took were producing their effect.
There is a wonderful sameness over the world just now, preluding, I have very little doubt, some great outburst of nationality from all the countries of Europe,--just as periods of Puritanism succeed intervals of gross licentiousness.
If the Congress wishes to be the voice of the revolutionary democracy it must not sit with folded hands before the developing civil war, the result of which may be a dangerous outburst of counter-revolution.... The possibility of a peaceful outcome lies in the formation of a united democratic authority....