rampage violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
temper biliousness irritability peevishness pettishness snappishness surliness | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger, his temper was well known to all his employees |
temper toughness | the elasticity and hardness of a metal object, its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking |
killing violent death | an event that causes someone to die |
torrent violent stream | a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid), the houses were swept away in the torrent |
bad temper ill temper | a persisting angry mood |
pique temper irritation | a sudden outburst of anger, his temper sparked like damp firewood |
temper mood humor humour | a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling, whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time, he was in a bad humor |
good humor good humour good temper amiability | a cheerful and agreeable mood |
irascibility short temper spleen quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
storm violent storm | a violent weather condition with winds - knots ( on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning |
chasten moderate temper | restrain |
temper season mollify | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else, moderate, she tempered her criticism |
temper | adjust the pitch (of pianos) |
temper harden | harden by reheating and cooling in oil, temper steel |
anneal temper normalize | bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling, temper glass |
e 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 lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
choleric irascible | characterized by anger, a choleric outburst, an irascible response |
crimson red violent | characterized by violence or bloodshed, writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days- Andrea Parke, fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing- Thomas Gray, convulsed with red rage- Hudson Strode |
choleric irascible hotheaded hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered | quickly aroused to anger, a hotheaded commander |
fierce tearing vehement violent trigger-happy | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions, inclined to react violently, fervid, fierce loyalty, in a tearing rage, vehement dislike, violent passions |
violent wild | (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud, a violent clash of colors, her dress was a violent red, a violent noise, wild colors, wild shouts |
violent | effected by force or injury rather than natural causes, a violent death |
violent | acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity, a violent attack, a violent person, violent feelings, a violent rage, felt a violent dislike |