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surging

surging

4.9
A strong movement forward or upward like a wave
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɜrdʒɪŋ/
translation icon : impetuoso
  • The surging waves crashed against the shore, creating a brilliant display of white foam.

OK, you can hear a massive difference between surging bass and pure voice.

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Examples

  • OK, you can hear a massive difference between surging bass and pure voice.

    UrAvgConsumer

  • Above the clouds, each lover attempted to wade through the surging stars, but no matter how hard they struggled, the gulf between them only grew wider.

  • The challenges come not from within this continent, but from outside it, from the surging economies of the East and the South.

    10 Downing Street

  • And the podcast in correlation to that surging in the country to being the most downloaded in all in our country.

  • The first part of the series was basically a story of AMD struggling to keep up with a surging Intel and then near the end, Intel kind of slowing down.

  • Bakeries in Turkey have started posting signs explaining their higher prices by listing surging costs of ingredients like flour, oil and sesame seeds.

  • The crowd surged forward as the concert began, filled with excitement and energy.

  • During the storm, the surging river threatened to overflow its banks.

Synonyms

billowy
vssurging
4 6.4

Having large soft waves like cloth or clouds in the wind

is firmer and more forceful in movement than that rounded wave action
roiling
vssurging
1 7.6

A liquid moving fast and making rough waves

is focused on ordered swelling waves rather than chaotic violent agitation
billowing
vssurging
5.8

Full of large rounded shapes that move outward, like cloth, smoke, or clouds

is stronger, showing more powerful and forceful rising motion

Antonyms

settling
10 4.3

A slow sinking of things to a lower level, like a building foundation or dust on furniture

calming
6 2.6

An action that makes someone less angry or upset

How Forceful

surging
4.9
rippling
1 2.3

Surface Forms

surging positive

Morphology

surging = surge (transparent) = surge + ing

The adjective is a present-participle/adjectival form directly derived from the verb 'surge' by standard -ing formation, so its meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Surging comes from the old root surg- meaning 'to rise', like the simple word rise. So surging describes something that quickly swells up or pushes forward with strong, rolling movement, like waves or a crowd.