Associations to the word «Upsurge»

Wiktionary

UPSURGE, noun. A sudden strong rise or flow
UPSURGE, verb. (intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater

Dictionary definition

UPSURGE, noun. A sudden forceful flow.
UPSURGE, noun. A sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope