door slamming

Forceful exit sound

Door slamming is forcefully shutting a door to make a loud noise, typically expressing anger or frustration: She stormed out, door slamming behind her.

The phrase also describes a pattern of abruptly cutting people out of one's life, especially in discussions of personality and relationships: His door slamming left former friends bewildered.

Related

argument · domestic dispute · storming · storming out · exit · dramatic · loud · sound effect · hinge · frame · threshold · walkout · frustration · fury · teenage · bedroom · confrontation · reverberating

Categories
Opposites
manner of closing

door slammingsoft close

Dampened closing mechanism

emotional expression

door slamminggraceful exit

Dignified way to leave

keeping one's cool · emotional control

openness/access

door slammingdoor opening

Creating passage through doorway

open-door policy · keeping doors open

Family

door, doors, doored, doorway, doorways, doorman, doormen, doorstep, doorsteps

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G