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to recrudesce

to recrudesce

9.9
Start again after a quiet time, usually something bad
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkruːˈdɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recrudecer
  • Tensions in the region may recrudesce if diplomatic efforts fail.

Examples

  • Old resentments can recrudesce in times of crisis.

  • The symptoms may recrudesce after treatment.

  • The disease seemed to disappear, only to recrudesce a few months later.

  • After a few months, the issue began to recrudesce.

  • After several years of remission, her illness began to recrudesce, causing concern among her doctors.

  • The debate over climate change may recrudesce as new evidence comes to light, reigniting old arguments.

  • As the summer heat returned, the city's mosquito problem started to recrudesce, leading to increased sightings and complaints.

Synonyms

to reappear
vsto recrudesce
70 2.7

To come back into sight after being away for a time

is focused on sudden harmful recurrence rather than simple visible return
to recur
vsto recrudesce
68 5.7

Happen again, often after some time

is a single outbreak after inactivity rather than repeated pattern
to reemerge
vsto recrudesce
8 4.1

To appear again after being away or hidden

is about unwelcome active return rather than neutral reappearance
to reoccur
vsto recrudesce
3 3.8

Happen again after some time

is used for isolated returns rather than repeated or intermittent events
to resurge
vsto recrudesce
1 7.4

To become active again after a slow or quiet time

is a sudden undesirable break out rather than general gradual return
to recidivate
vsto recrudesce
  • Specialized
9.9

To commit the same crime again after being punished

is about unwelcome outbreaks not only criminal relapse
to recurse
vsto recrudesce
  • Archaic
9.9

To happen again after it happened before

is modernly a sudden undesirable flare up rather than archaic repetition

Antonyms

199 3.7

Solving a problem or ending a disagreement

remission
  • Specialized
41 6.4

A time when disease symptoms become less or go away

How Intense

to erupt
123 4.2
to flare up
23 4.7
to recrudesce
  • Specialized
9.9
to recur
68 5.7
to reappear
70 2.7

Surface Forms

recrudesce infinitive
recrudesced past participle
recrudescing present participle
recrudesces third person singular

Etymology

Recrudesce comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'again' and crud- (seen in crude) meaning 'raw'. Think of a wound or illness becoming 'raw' again; that's why recrudesce means a problem or disease breaks out again after a quiet time.