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surging

surging

6 4.9
A strong movement forward or upward like a wave
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɜrdʒɪŋ/
: 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
4 7.6

A liquid moving fast and making rough waves

is focused on ordered swelling waves rather than chaotic violent agitation
billowing
vssurging
3 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
2 4.3

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

calming
1 2.6

An action that makes someone less angry or upset

How Forceful

surging
6 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.