(with plural) An instance of this: an access of feeling or intensity.

A sudden fit of passion, feeling, transient fancy, or the like; a wild or changeful mood in which a loose is given to the feelings of the moment.

figurative. A sudden fit of some emotion or feeling; an outburst; (also) a burst of energy, etc. Cf. accession, n. 7.

figurative. An outburst of passion, envy, or anger; a freak, a whim. Obsolete.

A sudden access of passion; = gere, n.

In combinations with various adverbs (cf. the verb).

Excitement, passion, fury. Frequently as in a ruff. Obsolete.

An unbridled or uncontrollable emotion, passion, or desire; (now usually) an outburst of such feelings.

(In Scottish legal language.) An unpremeditated outburst of passion. on, upon,rarely of, in (a) suddenty: without premeditation.

A passionate outburst.

figurative. A sudden rush or onset; a burst of feeling or passion; a sudden uproar or tumult. Obsolete.

figurative. A sudden kindling up of passion as of a fire; a violent outburst.

A sudden brief episode or burst of something. A fit or outburst of passion, grief, joy, madness, etc.; an outburst, sally, or flight of wit, humour…

A fit, outburst, or state marked by or of strong excitement, agitation, or other intense emotion. In early use also: a fit of madness or mental…

figurative. In plural. A display of wit, passion, anger, etc.; a performance of great skill or energy; excitement, disturbance. Cf. pyrotechnics, n.…

figurative and in figurative context. A tumultuous rush (of sound, tears, etc.); a vehement utterance (of words); a violent outburst (of censure…

Boiling, overheating; an instance of this. Frequently figurative: feverish disturbance.

A sudden and transient fit of passion. ?

The onset of a mental or emotional condition; a sudden outbreak or fit of some emotion or mental state. Cf. access, n. 2.

Force or intensity of personal feeling, action, expression, etc.; = vehemence, n. 1a. Also occasionally: an instance of this; = vehemence, n. 1b.

A sally, a sudden outburst or outbreak.

A rush of emotion or passion; elation or excitement arising from this, or from success, victory, etc. in the (first, full) flush.

An involuntary outburst of feeling; a sally of wit. Obsolete.

A deviation from the usual or expected rules or norms. Now rare.

figurative. A sudden outburst or boiling or bubbling over. of passion; also, of fancy, sentiment, etc.

plural = ebullition, n. 4.

A flush or wave (of emotion, success, etc.).

An outburst, a tumultuous utterance (of feeling, etc.) Obsolete.

figurative. Chiefly with conscious reference to the literal sense and retention of literal language; also gen., a burst, outbreak, outburst.

transferred and figurative. A sudden and violent outbreak; a ‘burst’. Of feeling and its expression, of action, condition, etc.

An instance of this; a vehement impulse or action. rare.

A vehement outbreak (of emotion or its expression).

The action of overboil, v.

Figurative and metaphorical uses of sense 4. An event or act likened to an explosion in its suddenness, violence, destructiveness, or intensity; an…

A flaming out, flaring up; an outburst.

A sudden burst or outburst.

A great explosion of emotion; something or someone liable to sudden outbursts.

An outburst of flame or (figurative) of passion or colour.