lose one's temper

Questions about lose one's temper

What is another word for lose one's temper?

It depends which lose one's temper you mean. In the sense “get very angry and fly into a rage”, the synonyms are flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, blow a fuse, go ballistic. Across all 1 sense there are 13 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of lose one's temper?

WordNet records no antonym for lose one's temper. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for lose one's temper come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for lose one's temperAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for lose one's temperWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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