outbursting

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adjective

Bursting out.

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Meanings

adjectiveoutbursting (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBursting out.
nounoutbursting (plural outburstings)

plural outburstings

  1. A bursting out; a sudden eruption.

    It is written in the ottava rima stanza of the Italians, and it is remarkable for the profusion and variety of images and groups which it thrusts upon the fancy, relieved often by sudden outburstings of the richest poetical imagination.

    1884, Frederick A. Hoffman, Poetry, Its Origin, Nature, and History, page 676
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of outburst

Origin

From out- + bursting.

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APA

outbursting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbursting

MLA

“outbursting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbursting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outbursting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbursting.

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