Dictionary

lose one's temper en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /luːz wʌnz tɛmpə(ɹ)/

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become angry or annoyed.
   • When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he completely lost his temper.

Forms

Antonyms

chill out · keep one's shirt on · cool one's jets · pull in one's horns · keep one's cool · chillax · settle down · unwind · keep one's head · chill · cool it · get a grip · relax · cool off · calm down · have one's wits about one · simmer down

Holonyms

anger

Hypernyms

respond · rage · react

Hyponyms

flame up · get one's knickers in a twist · explode · get one's nose out of joint · blow up · flare up · hulk out · freak out

Meronyms

glare · shout · grit · frown · clench · scowl

Relateds

go crazy · annoyed · enrage · tantrum · count to ten · temper

Synonyms

blow a gasket · have a fit · go batshit · get bent out of shape · forget oneself · go off · lose one's rag · lose one's mind · go HAM · snap · flip one's lid · lose it · fly into a rage · throw one's toys out of the pram · go ballistic · lose one's temper · pitch a fit · flip out · do one's nut · vent one's gall · get one's Irish up · go ape · see red · blow one's stack · have kittens · lose one's marbles · pop one's cork · flip one's wig · cut up rough · have a cow · blow one's top · go bitchcakes · go bananas · crash out · go H.A.M. · do one's block · Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise. · hit the ceiling · lose one's cool · go apeshit · wax wode · shit a brick · fly off the handle · blow a fuse · hit the roof · throw a fit · get one's back up · lower the boom · go postal · go spare · get one's shirt out · cut up nasty · teen · go ham · get one's dander up · steam

Translations (48)

ru теря́ть самообла́дание (to be explosively angry) · fi menettää malttinsa (to be explosively angry) · fi hypätä kattoon (to be explosively angry) · bo དགོངས་པ་ཁྲེལ (to be explosively angry) · ru горячи́ться (to be explosively angry) · fr perdre son sang froid (to be explosively angry) · tr küplere binmek (to be explosively angry) · it arrabbiarsi (to be explosively angry) · az qızışmaq (to be explosively angry) · it perdere la pazienza (to be explosively angry) · hi आग बबूला होना (to be explosively angry) · eu bere onetik irten (to be explosively angry) · bo ཁོང་ཁྲོ་སྐྱེ (to be explosively angry) · az qızmaq (to be explosively angry) · ja 挙措を失う (to be explosively angry) · mi tū ngā pihi (to be explosively angry) · bg изгу́бя самооблада́ние (to be explosively angry) · cmn 發脾氣 /发脾气 (to be explosively angry) · ajp حمق (to be explosively angry) · cy colli tymer (to be explosively angry) · wa potchî foû d’ ses clicotes (to be explosively angry) · bg гу́бя самооблада́ние (to be explosively angry) · it perdere la calma (to be explosively angry) · ja 怒り出す (to be explosively angry) · uk ви́йти з се́бе (to be explosively angry) · bo ཁོང་ཁྲོ་ལང (to be explosively angry) · vi phát cáu (to be explosively angry) · it uscire dai gangheri (to be explosively angry) · pt chutar o balde (to be explosively angry) · cmn 發火 /发火 (to be explosively angry) · fr sortir de ses gonds (to be explosively angry) · sv få spel (to be explosively angry) · fi raivostua (to be explosively angry) · bg изгу́бвам самооблада́ние (to be explosively angry) · es perder los estribos (to be explosively angry) · wa monter a sminces (to be explosively angry) · mi tātāhau (to be explosively angry) · de die Beherrschung verlieren (to be explosively angry) · de vor Wut kochen (to be explosively angry) · bo ཚིག་པ་ཟ (to be explosively angry) · pt perder as estribeiras (to be explosively angry) · fr perdre son calme (to be explosively angry) · fi polttaa päreensä (to be explosively angry) · uk вихо́дити з се́бе (to be explosively angry) · it perdere le staffe (to be explosively angry) · it vedere rosso (to be explosively angry) · sv gå i taket (to be explosively angry) · ja 癇癪を起こす (to be explosively angry)