bent out of shape
Angry about nothing
Bent out of shape means upset, annoyed, or offended—typically over something minor: Don't get bent out of shape about it, he was just joking.
The phrase suggests emotional distortion from a calm baseline, like metal warped from its proper form.
Often used dismissively to imply someone is overreacting.
Cause or feel pain
- offendedFeeling hurt or disrespected
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- disappointedLet down by outcome
sensitive · troubled · distressed · dismayed · affronted · insulted · grieved · pained
Extremely angry
- furiousExtremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- incensedExtremely angry
infuriated · fuming · outraged · seething · hot-headed · steamed · boiling · wrathful
hurt
Cause or feel pain
disappointed · sensitive · troubled · distressed · dismayed · affronted · insulted · grieved · pained · unhappy
irate
Extremely angry
incensed · infuriated · fuming · outraged · seething · hot-headed · steamed · boiling · wrathful · choleric
warped
Bent out of true
crooked · buckled · crumpled · mangled · disfigured · gnarled · malformed · skewed · misaligned · irregular
tense
Strained or nervous
overwhelmed · burned out · exhausted · worried · nervous · on edge · frazzled · wound up · worked up · uptight
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
- uneasyanxious, nervous, jittery, edgy, tense
bent out of shapecalm
Free from agitation
serene · tranquil · relaxed · composed · unperturbed
bent out of shapetaking it in stride
rolling with the punches · keeping one's cool · unflappable · going with the flow · water off a duck's back
shape, bent, shaped, shaping, bends, reshape, shapes, bender, shaper