lose one's temper

Verb

Meaning

get very angry and fly into a rage

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Synonyms

fume lose it blow up combust flare-up blow a fuse hit the roof fly off the handle have a fit hit the ceiling go ballistic boil over throw a fit have kittens blow one's stack

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Antonyms

chill out collect settle alleviate mitigate take it easy

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Hypernyms

rage

Examples

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. William Butler Yeats

Mr. Nixon, the [late] Vice-President of the U. S. A., has said that the time to lose one's temper is when it is deliberate, whilst another wiseacre has stated, "Speak when you are angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret." Peter de Noronha

The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question Source: Internet

Spam makes me go ballistic Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lose one's self-control lose one's sense of proportion lose one's sight lose one's touch lose one's way lose one's wind