flare-ups
Episodes of worsening
Flare-ups are sudden recurrences or intensifications of something that had been dormant or controlled.
Medical conditions flare up: Her arthritis flare-ups are worse in winter.
Conflicts flare up: flare-ups of violence along the border.
The term suggests something that blazes briefly before subsiding again, like a flame catching.
Making something more severe
- aggravationState of being vexed
- intensificationIncrease in degree
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- relapseReturn to former illness
resurgence · episode · outbreak · spike · trigger · symptom · chronic · sudden
Protective tissue response
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- painBodily or emotional distress
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
arthritis · autoimmune · joint · rheumatoid · lupus · psoriasis · eczema · gout
Active armed fighting
- tensionsStates of strained relations
- skirmishesBrief, minor combat engagements
- clashesViolent encounters or disagreements
- violenceHarmful physical force
disputes · fighting · unrest · insurgency · border · sectarian · ethnic · regional
Visible burning combustion
- blazeIntense burning fire
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- reigniteCause to burn anew
hotspot · wind-driven · brush · containment · suppression · firefighter · smoke · combustion
exacerbation
Making something more severe
- aggravationState of being vexed
- intensificationIncrease in degree
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
relapse · resurgence · episode · outbreak · spike · trigger · symptom · chronic · sudden · periodic
inflammation
Protective tissue response
tenderness · arthritis · autoimmune · joint · rheumatoid · lupus · psoriasis · eczema · gout · colitis
hostilities
Active armed fighting
- tensionsStates of strained relations
- skirmishesBrief, minor combat engagements
- clashesViolent encounters or disagreements
violence · disputes · fighting · unrest · insurgency · border · sectarian · ethnic · regional · military
flames
Visible burning combustion
reignite · hotspot · wind-driven · brush · containment · suppression · firefighter · smoke · combustion · rekindling
- body painache, aches, pain, pang, throb
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- acneacne, pimple, pimples, zit, zits
- arthritis symptomsjoint pain, joint stiffness, joint swelling, morning stiffness, stiffness
- chronic illnesschronic pain, exhaustion, chronic fatigue, fatigue, malaise
- OCDOCD, obsession, obsessions, compulsion, compulsions
flare-upsremissions
Temporary absence of symptoms
latency · subsidence · suppression · abatements · abatement
flare-upsceasefires
Negotiated combat suspensions
truces · de-escalations · reconciliations · cooling-off periods · rapprochements
flare-upsdying down
Decreasing in force
extinguishment · burning out · guttering · fading · dampening