bursting out
Breaking free explosively
Bursting out describes sudden, forceful emergence or expression.
Someone bursts out of a room by exiting abruptly; they burst out laughing or crying when emotion erupts without warning.
The phrase emphasizes the uncontained quality of the action: She burst out with an accusation no one expected.
Bursting out of clothing means it's too tight to contain you.
- eruptBurst out suddenly
- explodeBurst with sudden force
- breaking outSuddenly emerging or escaping
- gushFlow out forcefully
- spewEject with force
explosion · emotions · flow · screaming · exclaiming · letting loose · popping out · go off · surge · crying · blow up · breakthrough · epiphany · flourishing · sobbing · shouting · laughter · discharge
- laughterlaugh, giggling, chuckling, laughing, snickering
bursting outimploding
Collapsing violently inward
bottling up · staying put · caving in · locking in · compressing
bursting outoozing
Leaking viscously and slowly
dripping · percolating · seeping · creeping out · ebbing
bursting outholding back
Preventing forward movement
suppressing · bottling up · stifling · repressing · biting one's tongue