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get bent out of shape en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To take offense; to become angry, agitated, or upset.
    • Just reflecting on the events of the twentieth century alone could take your breath away, so why get bent out of shape about the ultimate fate of the earth? 2005, James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency:
    • They stopped inviting him to the gatherings, and he really got bent out of shape about it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, bend, out of, shape.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
getting bent out of shape Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
got bent out of shape Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got bent out of shape Tense=Past lexicographic
gets bent out of shape Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gotten bent out of shape Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic

Relateds

tie oneself in knots · get one's nose out of joint · get one's knickers in a twist