blowup
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈbloʊˌʌp/
- Informal
- They had a blowup.
- a big blowup
- sorry about the blowup
- a huge blowup
Examples
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I'm sorry about my blowup.
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Yeah, they had a blowup.
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There wasn't a big blowup or anything.
Fiction book (1997) -
I don't want a blowup between him and Mickey.
Fiction book (1990) -
The night of the blowup, Eloise had come home ranting about her job.
Fiction book (2000) -
Harry doesn't drink anymore, of course, not since the big blowup twenty years ago—damn, he almost lost everything then: his job, Edna, the house.
Fiction book (1997) -
After the blowup in the office, many of the employees felt the tension in the air.
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Her sudden blowup during the meeting surprised everyone who attended.
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He apologized for his blowup after realizing how it affected his friends.
Synonyms
82
3.9
A sudden strong show of feeling like anger or laughter
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3.5
A short, strong period of activity or feeling
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3.0
A sudden strong burst of emotion or noise
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6.0
A sudden increase in violence, anger, or symptoms
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5.3
A sudden strong feeling such as anger or excitement
1
5.8
A short sudden moment when someone becomes very angry because things go wrong
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9.9
A sudden strong show of feeling, for example loud joy or anger
A sudden very angry reaction that people show loudly or violently
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blowup comes from the phrase blow + up, where blow means 'a sudden burst' and up makes that burst stronger; think of pressure building until it finally breaks. So a blowup is a sudden, uncontrolled outburst of anger.