outburst

CEFRB2

/ˈaʊ̯tˌbɝst/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sudden strong expression of emotion or activity.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To burst out.

Examples

  • He always has an emotional outburst when arguing.

  • Ursula's outburst was rather unbusinesslike.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.

More examples

In context

  • The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.

  • an outburst of anger

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Antonyms

Quick test

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After keeping quiet for hours, his anger finally exploded in a loud blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”). By surface analysis, out- + burst.