Lose One's Temper (Verb)
Meaning
Get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- When someone cut him off in traffic, he would lose his temper and honk his horn loudly for several minutes.
- She had a tendency to lose her temper when her children didn't listen to her instructions.
- The football coach was notorious for losing his temper during interviews when his team lost.
- The normally calm teacher lost her temper when a student vandalized the school's property.
- Her boss had a short fuse and was known to lose his temper whenever an employee made a minor mistake.
Synonyms
- Throw A Fit
- Combust
- Hit The Ceiling
- Blow A Fuse
- Have Kittens
- Go Ballistic
- Flip One's Lid
- Hit The Roof
- Fly Off The Handle
- Flip One's Wig
- Have A Fit
- Blow Up
- Blow One's Stack