His wife repulsed him on the pretext that her headaches were flaring up again.
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Flaring
Synonyms for "flaring" (124 found)
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Related words (62)
ignitedin a blazein a glowin flamesincandescentinflamedkindledlightedlivelivingloudluridmeretriciousmeteoricobtrusiveon fireopenoutspreadoutstretchedoverbright
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patulousrawreekingscintillantscintillatingscreamingsensationalshamelessshriekingsmokingsmolderingsparkingspectacularsplaysplayedsplayingspraddledspraddlingsprangledspranglingsprawlingsprawlyspreadspreadingstretched outstretched-outtawdryunextinguishedunfoldedunquenchedvulgarwide openwide-openwidespread
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10 entriesastronomical eventbrightness descriptorburnemotional responseincreaseindustrial practicemedical state descriptorphenomenonprocessshape descriptor
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15 entriesanger outburstarthritis flareasthma flarecone shapedeczema flareflare stackflare-upgas flarepsoriasis flaresolar flaresolar flaringstellar flarestellar flaringtemper flaretrumpet shaped
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17 entriesbright flareemergency flareflare eventflare gunflare intensityflare stackflaring activityflaring diskflaring edgesflaring nostrilsflaring painflaring stargas flaregas flaringsolar flaresolar flaring
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11 total sentences available.
A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew; and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.
Source: tatoeba (6303826)
With rows of flaring torches to light it up, and the colour and rude hilarity of an old-time banquet, the dining room might have softened; but now, when two black-clothed gentlemen sat in the little circle of light thrown by a shaded lamp, one’s voice became hushed and one’s spirit subdued.
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Sections of East Africa, the Indian Ocean and China will witness an annular eclipse, in which the moon passes directly in front of the sun but leaves a ring of sunlight flaring around its edge.
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