0 present participle of well
1 (of liquid) to appear on the surface of something or come slowly out from somewhere:
I wilfully subdued any ideological opposition that might be welling up in my breast or agitating my brain.
Grumpy little motifs keep welling up, or trying to.
Dorsal pitting and s welling of hands is not typical in rheumatoid but has been reported.
So beneath the surface lies an aquifer of rival forms that are never entirely suppressed and that come welling up whenever conditions punch a hole in the top crust.
Item 4 constitutes what we have provisionally labelled 'risk-taking' which has the effect of turning their nascent sense of insecurity into its opposite by the welling-up of a euphoric feeling.
Welling looks to the implications of raising finances through the stock market, the motivations of individual businessmen and the personal business qualities of the individuals concerned.
Quinn advocated an epistemology of humility welling up out of the deepest considerations of one's limited capacity to justify beliefs, and this humility helps prevent religious intolerance.
It is not too late to avoid this anomaly or the bitterness that is welling up.
