Antonyms for bubble

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : buhb-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌb əl

Definition of bubble

Origin : early 14c., perhaps from Middle Dutch bobbel (n.) and/or Middle Low German bubbeln (v.), all probably of echoic origin. Bubble bath first recorded 1949. Of financial schemes originally in South Sea Bubble (1590s), on notion of "fragile and insubstantial."

noun globule of air
verb foam, froth up, especially with sound

Example sentences :

The crest is a bubble, and really the effect produced by it is most ludicrous.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

The captain's triumphant exuberance continued to bubble over.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

His mother listened for the simmer and bubble of the water on the fire.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

The wild justice of this idea made the blood to bubble in his ears.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Life itself is a bubble and a skepticism, and a sleep within a sleep.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The South Sea bubble has sapped the confidence in the government of all men of weight.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

Then the teakettle began to bubble and sing and that invited confidences too.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

That bubble has burst at last, and can never be blown again.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

A few Dutch farmers have pricked the bubble of her military reputation.
Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

But Norby's hopes were at the very highest when the bubble burst.
Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson

Synonyms for bubble

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