Dictionary

lose one's cool en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl/
• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.
   • But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth set. 1966 November 18, “To the Ludicrous”, in Time:
   • The fiery femme fatale is notorious for losing her cool, and was once accused of hitting her secretary with a telephone and threatening to throw her from a moving car. 2006 April 28, Stefanie Cohen, “Naomi Campbell Accused of Attacking Maid in Fit Over Jeans”, in FOXNews.com, retrieved 03 Jun 2009:

Forms

Antonyms

keep one's cool

Synonyms

go ape · drop one's bundle · lose one's temper · blow one's cool · lose it · hit the ceiling · go apeshit · blow one's top · lose one's rag · hit the roof

Translations (16)

fi menettää malttinsa (to lose one's temper) · pt passar-se dos carretos (to lose one's temper) · cmn 失去冷靜 /失去冷静 (to lose one's temper) · pl wściec się (to lose one's temper) · de die Fassung verlieren (to lose one's temper) · pl wściekać się (to lose one's temper) · pt perder o sangue frio (to lose one's temper) · fr perdre son sang-froid (to lose one's temper) · mi tū ngā pihi (to lose one's temper) · ru выходи́ть из себя́ (to lose one's temper) · pt perder a cabeça (to lose one's temper) · sk stratiť nervy (to lose one's temper) · ru вы́йти из себя́ (to lose one's temper) · cmn 勃然大怒 (to lose one's temper) · nl buiten zinnen raken (to lose one's temper) · de den Kopf verlieren (to lose one's temper)