Meanings
present singular third person loses one's temper · participle present losing one's temper · participle past lost one's temper · past lost one's temper
- idiomaticintransitiveTo become angry or annoyed.
When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he completely lost his temper.
Synonyms: blow one's top, crash out, go ape, go apeshit, go ballistic, go batshit, go postal, hit the ceiling
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become angry or annoyed.
More synonyms by meaning
verbget very angry and fly into a rage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque bere onetik irten
- bere onetik irtento be explosively angry
Bulgarian гу́бя самооблада́ние, изгу́бвам самооблада́ние
- гу́бя самооблада́ние (gúbja samoobladánie)to be explosively angry
- изгу́бвам самооблада́ние (izgúbvam samoobladánie)to be explosively angry
- изгу́бя самооблада́ние (izgúbja samoobladánie)to be explosively angry
Chinese Mandarin 發脾氣 /发脾气, 發火 /发火
- 發脾氣 /发脾气 (fāpíqi)to be explosively angry
- 發火 /发火 (fāhuǒ)to be explosively angry
Finnish raivostua, polttaa päreensä
- raivostuato be explosively angry
- polttaa päreensäto be explosively angry
- menettää malttinsato be explosively angry
- hypätä kattoonto be explosively angry
French perdre son sang froid, perdre son calme
- perdre son sang froidto be explosively angry
- perdre son calmeto be explosively angry
- sortir de ses gondsto be explosively angry
German die Beherrschung verlieren, vor Wut kochen
- die Beherrschung verlierento be explosively angry
- vor Wut kochento be explosively angry
Hindi आग बबूला होना
- आग बबूला होना (āg babūlā honā)to be explosively angry
Italian perdere le staffe, perdere la pazienza
- perdere le staffeto be explosively angry
- perdere la pazienzato be explosively angry
- perdere la calmato be explosively angry
- uscire dai gangherito be explosively angry
- arrabbiarsito be explosively angry
- vedere rossoto be explosively angry
Japanese 癇癪を起こす, 怒り出す
- 癇癪を起こす (kanshaku o okosu)to be explosively angry
- 怒り出す (okoridasu)to be explosively angry
- 挙措を失う (kyoso o ushinau)to be explosively angry
Māori tū ngā pihi, tātāhau
- tū ngā pihito be explosively angry
- tātāhauto be explosively angry
Portuguese perder as estribeiras, chutar o balde
- perder as estribeirasto be explosively angry
- chutar o baldeto be explosively angry
Russian теря́ть самообла́дание, горячи́ться
- теря́ть самообла́дание (terjátʹ samoobládanije)to be explosively angry
- горячи́ться (gorjačítʹsja)to be explosively angry
Spanish perder los estribos
- perder los estribosto be explosively angry
Swedish gå i taket, få spel
- gå i taketto be explosively angry
- få spelto be explosively angry
Turkish küplere binmek
- küplere binmekto be explosively angry
Ukrainian вихо́дити з се́бе, ви́йти з се́бе
- вихо́дити з се́бе (vyxódyty z sébe)to be explosively angry
- ви́йти з се́бе (výjty z sébe)to be explosively angry
Vietnamese phát cáu
- phát cáuto be explosively angry
Welsh colli tymer
- colli tymerto be explosively angry
Cite this entry
lose one's temper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20one's%20temper
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