upswells
Swells from below
Upswells is the third-person singular present tense of upswell, meaning to rise or surge upward from below.
The term most often describes water or other liquids moving toward the surface, as in oceanic upwelling where deep, nutrient-rich water rises.
It extends to emotions or abstract forces that seem to rise from within: Grief upswells unexpectedly.
The word carries a sense of something powerful emerging from depths.
Sudden powerful increase
- riseMove to higher position
- crestHighest point or tuft
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
current · billow · heave · undulate · roll · flow · rush · gush
Sudden powerful increase
escalation · uptick · proliferation · expansion · growth · groundswell · mounting · building
Sudden powerful increase
- wellingRising to overflow
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- rushQuick sudden movement
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
wave · rising · outpouring · stirring · bursting · overflowing · brimming · flooding
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- groundswellGrowing public sentiment
- movementChange in position
resistance · unrest · ferment · agitation · mobilization · dissent · protest · awakening
surge
Sudden powerful increase
tide · current · billow · heave · undulate · roll · flow · rush · gush · fountain
surge
Sudden powerful increase
boom · escalation · uptick · proliferation · expansion · growth · groundswell · mounting · building · intensification
surge
Sudden powerful increase
flood · wave · rising · outpouring · stirring · bursting · overflowing · brimming · flooding · gushing
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- groundswellGrowing public sentiment
movement · resistance · unrest · ferment · agitation · mobilization · dissent · protest · awakening · stirring