Antonyms for flare
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flair |
| Phonetic Transcription : flɛər |
Definition of flare
Origin :- mid-16c., originally "spread out" (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Dutch vlederen. Related: Flared; flaring. The notion of "spreading out in display" is behind the notion of "spreading gradually outward" (1640s). Flare-up "a sudden burst" is from 1837.
- verb erupt, blow
- verb spread
- She appeared to struggle against a flare of her old rebellious spirit.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The flare, they said, was caused by the release of another meteor!
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- If I should try just once to tell her what she ought to do she'd flare up like a bonfire.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There was the flare of a match, and he sat back again, exhaling a long puff.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Then he remembered that the flare might have scorched her face, and expressed his concern.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- I think it is only fair that you should know it, but you need not flare up.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- There is wide discontent with our rule which needs only a leader to flare up.
- Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- They can arc over and flare back in a real hurry if things get in their fields.
- Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
- He blinked uncertainly at the flare and turned his head from it.
- Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
- He awoke to find himself staring into the flare of a flashlight.
- Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
Synonyms for flare
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