ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Resurgent

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Resurgent is an adjective meaning Undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.

Meaning

Undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.

More Meanings

  1. (astronomy) Of a celestial object, moving upwards relative to the horizon after a period of having moved downwards.
  2. Rising again, as from the dead.
  3. Someone who rises again, as from the dead.

Example Sentences

Break not my dream, obtrusive tomb! Or teach thou, Spring! the grand recoil Of life resurgent from the soil Wherein was dropped the mortal spoil.
They won at West Ham in a quarter-final replay then survived a comeback from a resurgent Everton to win the semi-final with Antony Martial's late winner.
1975, Gerald Ford, State of the Union Address delivered on 15 January, 1975, A resurgent American economy would do more to restore the confidence of the world in its own future than anything else we can do.
All the terror of time, where error and fear were lords of a world of slaves, Age on age in resurgent rage and anguish darkening as waves on waves, Fell or fled from a face that shed such grace as quickens the dust of graves.

Word Forms

Synonyms for resurgent

Depending on context, synonyms include dynamic, renascent, revived.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include renascent, dynamic, revived, revival, re-emergence, booming.

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