Thesaurus:lose one's temper
English
Synonyms
NB: All idiomatic unless stated otherwise.
- do one's block (Australia)
- get one's dander up
- get one's Irish up
- get one's shirt out (dated)
- go apeshit (vulgar)
- go ham (African American Vernacular)
- go off (not idiomatic)
- go spare (Britain)
- shit a brick (vulgar)
- steam (figurative)
- teen (not idiomatic, obsolete)
- wax wode (not idiomatic, obsolete)
Antonyms
NB: All idiomatic unless stated otherwise.
- calm down (not idiomatic)
- keep one's shirt on (dated)
- relax (not idiomatic)
- settle down (not idiomatic)
Various
Further reading
- “900. resentment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
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