flares (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of flare (up)
1
as in angers
to become very angry naturally I flared up when he insulted me

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2
as in erupts
to develop suddenly and violently my allergies always flare up in the spring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flares (up)
  1. angers
  2. erupts
  3. snarls
  4. explodes
  5. snaps
  6. breaks out
  7. glares
  8. blows up
Verb
  • Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party champion Taiwan’s separate identity from China, a position that frequently angers Beijing, which views the island as Chinese territory.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The receptionist angers Kripke and Bert so much that they are picked up by the police — along with Stuart, who had also been arrested.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of angers
Verb
  • Emergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site after fire erupts at lab.
    — , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • When Hanne, a staff member of a struggling animal rescue, unexpectedly becomes executor of a wealthy hunting family’s estate, a bitter battle over the inheritance erupts.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of erupts
Verb
  • Day to day, as the city grows, there’s also the question of traffic, which snarls the city as public transit initiatives have repeatedly struggled.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of snarls
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  • In other words, desire, in an unrepressed form, explodes the channels through which it is expected to flow.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the video, shared by Nixon on Instagram, Benton, Baranski and others in full regalia (bustles, corsets, the whole nine yards) huddle around the iPad of John Douglas Thompson, who plays Peggy’s father, before the room explodes.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of explodes
Verb
  • The Chinese company today announced the LinkPower Ultra battery bank, which snaps onto the back of the Starlink Mini, giving owners a way to use the satellite internet service on the go.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Vancouver snaps a four-match winless streak and improves to 7-3-5 on the road, while Austin drops to 4-5-6 at home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of snaps
Verb
  • The young guys know, too, that if anything breaks out, Jones will most likely get it to the ground somehow.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The stats Vasily Podkolzin breaks out with 30 goals and 22 assists.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of breaks out
Verb
  • The possibilities suggested by the compelling title are only hinted at when Jason glares at a group of street urchins.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • My eleven-year-old self rolls her eyes, glares at my thirty-six-year-old body, and silently calls me fat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of glares
Verb
  • The segment ends with Homer suffocating Kodos with a pillow — this after the military blows up the heads of dozens of aliens.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Trinity's safe world blows up when reports surface that something is killing both demons and Wardens.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of blows up
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“Flares (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flares%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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