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# outburst

«outburst» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sudden strong show of feeling, such as anger or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (outburst, outbursts)

### meaning for a pupil

An outburst is a sudden strong show of feeling, such as anger or laughter, that bursts out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outburst/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a character suddenly shouts in anger or laughs loudly

### examples

- His outburst of anger made everyone jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outburst/#x1)
- There was an outburst of laughter from the back row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outburst/#x2)
- She had an outburst when she lost the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outburst/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outburst» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outburst/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.