angry outburst
Sudden furious eruption
An angry outburst is a sudden, uncontrolled expression of anger—shouting, cursing, slamming doors.
The phrase emphasizes the explosive quality: anger that can't be contained bursts out.
His angry outburst shocked everyone in the meeting.
Children's tantrums are angry outbursts; so are adult tirades when composure fails.
- temper tantrumExplosive emotional outburst
- tantrumUncontrolled display of frustration
- rageIntense, violent anger
- seeing redOvercome by fury
- explosionViolent burst of energy
meltdown · blow a fuse · tirade · fury · screaming · shouting · blowup · snap · flying off the handle · going ballistic · eruption · flare-up · losing it · storm · fit · rampage · yelling · slamming
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- emotional outburstsmeltdown, tantrum, temper tantrum, hissy fit, blowup
- verbal fightsargument, quarrel, dispute, confrontation, shouting match
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
angry outburstemotional repression
Blocking one's own feelings
biting one's tongue · cold shoulder · sulking · brooding · suffering in silence
angry outburstmeasured response
Controlled, proportional reply
equanimity · keeping one's cool · restraint · self-restraint · emotional regulation
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