ebullition
Violent bubbling up
Ebullition is the process of boiling or bubbling up.
The word appears most often in its figurative sense—a sudden outburst of emotion or enthusiasm: an ebullition of rage, ebullitions of joy.
The term is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, more likely encountered in Victorian novels than contemporary speech.
Sudden emotional release
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- passionIntense emotional drive
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- furyIntense violent anger
rage · enthusiasm · zeal · paroxysm · flare-up · tantrum · frenzy · hysterics
Gas-filled liquid spheres
- simmerCook just under boiling
- seetheBoil with quiet rage
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- effervescenceBubbling in liquid
roiling · frothing · caldron · kettle · vaporize · scalding · percolation · agitation
Disturbed, restless state
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- fermentMicrobial chemical breakdown
tumult · unrest · disturbance · chaos · convulsion · perturbation · disruption · disorder
outburst
Sudden emotional release
fury · rage · enthusiasm · zeal · paroxysm · flare-up · tantrum · frenzy · hysterics · conniption
bubbles
Gas-filled liquid spheres
effervescence · roiling · frothing · caldron · kettle · vaporize · scalding · percolation · agitation · churning
agitation
Disturbed, restless state
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
ferment · tumult · unrest · disturbance · chaos · convulsion · perturbation · disruption · disorder · flurry
ebullitionstillness
Complete lack of motion
stagnation · quiescence · freezing · solidification · calm
ebullitioncalm
Free from agitation
composure · tranquility · serenity · equanimity · placidity
ebullitionconclusion
End or deduction
completion · subsidence · abatement · resolution · denouement