volcanic
Origin of volcanic
Related Words for volcanic
restless, fidgety, demonstrative, impulsive, high-strung, fiery, hysterical, skittish, temperamental, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fierce, hasty, hot-tempered, impatient, impetuous, inflammable, intolerant, irascibleExamples from the Web for volcanic
Contemporary Examples of volcanic
And yet his music, to the end, although sometimes almost eerily serene, remained most often volcanic.
This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone.
Miles beneath the surface, in the absence of sunlight, animals derive energy from volcanic vents.
Picasso, that volcanic talker, filled volumes with his anecdotes, aphorisms, and witticisms.
The part they miss is that the warming, tied to the volcanic phosphates, was fleeting.
Historical Examples of volcanic
Also, he knew the source of the red glow that had seemed like volcanic fires.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
The Colonel had seen his men safely to the bottom of the volcanic pit.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
The general inclination was to follow the lead of this volcanic man.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
His volcanic temper had become even more than usually uncertain.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
And in a moment the other shot off into one of his volcanic surprises.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
volcanic
- of, relating to, produced by, or characterized by the presence of volcanoesa volcanic region
- suggestive of or resembling an erupting volcanoa volcanic era
- another word for extrusive (def. 2)
Word Origin and History for volcanic
1774, from French volcanique (see volcano). Figurative sense of "prone to explosive activity" is attested from 1854.