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outbursting

outbursting adjective: bursting out. Also the present participle and gerund of outburst.

Adjective

outbursting (not comparable)

  1. Bursting out.

Noun

outbursting (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

Also used as

outbursting is also the present participle and gerund of outburst.

Forms of outbursting

pluraloutburstings

Origin of outbursting

From out- + bursting.

Questions about outbursting

What does outbursting mean?
Outbursting means bursting out.
What part of speech is outbursting?
Outbursting can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near outbursting in the dictionary

  1. outburst floods
  2. outbursted
  3. outburster
  4. outbursters
  5. outbursteth
  6. outbursting
  7. outburstings
  8. outbursts
  9. outbustle
  10. outbustled
  11. outbustles

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