outburst
n. countablen. a sudden and strong expression of a feeling, like anger or excitement. It often happens quickly and can be surprising to others.
n. a sudden, forceful release of strong emotion or energy. Often refers to verbal expressions of anger or frustration, though it can describe physical or natural phenomena.
He apologized for his angry outburst during the meeting.
The child's sudden outburst of laughter filled the quiet library, making everyone look up from their books.
The politician's career was severely damaged by an uncharacteristic emotional outburst that was captured on camera and widely shared across social media platforms.
Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”). By surface analysis, out- + burst.
Often followed by the preposition 'of' to specify the emotion, such as an 'outburst of temper' or 'outburst of grief'.