upwelling
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈʌpˌwɛlɪŋ/
:
oleada
- In a sudden upwelling, my voice found all the Finnish I would ever learn.
Examples
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During the emotional speech, an upwelling of pride surged within the audience.
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For most of you, this upwelling is shocking, uncomfortable, and painful!
Blog text (6) -
So here you're starting to get the feeling of what it's like to be in the middle of this upwelling of anger and so forth.
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Throughout the reading, I felt what I had often felt here: the extraordinary upwelling of a large literary spirit housed in a man of apparently quite ordinary character.
Academic text (2007) -
On the morning of the wedding, though, Stephen's mother took her aside and issued what Janie at the time took to be a warning, but years later decided was a brief upwelling of compassion.
Fiction book (1995) -
There was only time enough to feel an upwelling of revulsion, a visceral desire to be anybody or anything but my own loathsome self, and a profound and total yearning to be quit of the burden of such memories as were mine.
Fiction book (1995) -
As she listened to the emotional song, an upwelling of nostalgia filled her heart.
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His sudden upwelling of joy surprised everyone in the room after hearing the good news.
Synonyms
42
4.2
A sudden large flow, for example of water, or a strong expression of feeling
11
6.0
A sudden increase in violence, anger, or symptoms
9
5.0
A sudden strong increase in activity or interest
5
5.3
A sudden strong feeling such as anger or excitement
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7.9
A strong, open expression of feelings
1
3.6
A sudden strong feeling that is hard to control
1
6.9
A sudden strong increase in feeling or support
1
4.1
A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited
A sudden strong movement or increase
A sudden very strong feeling that you cannot control
A sudden increase in feeling, action, or support among people
A sudden strong show of feeling, for example loud joy or anger
A sudden strong burst of joy that people feel or show
A sudden short time when many strong feelings happen at once
A sudden upward movement of water or gas from underground
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
upwelling = upwell (transparent) = up + well + ing
Formed by adding -ing to the verb 'upwell' (up + well); meaning 'a rising or surge' follows directly from the components.
Etymology
Upwelling comes from the simple parts up and well, where well means 'to rise' or 'a spring'. A helpful image is feelings 'welling up' inside you like water in a well, so an upwelling of emotion is a sudden, strong rise of feeling.