Thesaurus:lose one's temper
English
Verb
Sense: to become angry or upset
Synonyms
- Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise.
- blow a fuse
- blow a gasket
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- crash out
- cut up nasty
- cut up rough
- do one's block (Australia)
- do one's nut
- flip one's lid
- flip one's wig
- flip out
- fly into a rage
- fly off the handle
- forget oneself
- get bent out of shape
- get one's back up
- get one's dander up
- get one's Irish up
- get one's shirt out (dated)
- go ape
- go apeshit (vulgar)
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go bitchcakes
- go HAM (AAVE)
- go H.A.M. (AAVE)
- go ham (African American Vernacular)
- go off (not idiomatic)
- go postal (chiefly US, informal, general sense)
- go spare (Britain)
- have a cow
- have a fit
- have kittens
- hit the roof
- hit the ceiling
- lose it
- lose one's cool
- lose one's marbles
- lose one's mind
- lose one's rag
- lose one's temper
- lower the boom
- pitch a fit
- pop one's cork
- see red
- shit a brick (vulgar)
- steam (figurative)
- teen (not idiomatic, obsolete)
- throw a fit
- throw one's toys out of the pram
- vent one's gall
- wax wode (not idiomatic, obsolete)
Antonyms
- Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise.
- calm down (not idiomatic)
- chill
- chill out
- chillax
- cool it
- cool off
- cool one's jets
- get a grip
- have one's wits about one
- keep one's cool
- keep one's head
- keep one's shirt on (dated)
- pull in one's horns
- relax (not idiomatic)
- settle down (not idiomatic)
- simmer down
- unwind
Hyponyms
- Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise.
- blow up (slang)
- explode [⇒ thesaurus]
- flare up
- flame up
- freak out
- get one's knickers in a twist
- get one's nose out of joint
- go postal (chiefly US, informal, specific sense)
- hulk out
Hypernyms
Meronyms
Holonyms
Various
See also
Further reading
- “900. resentment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.