flip out
Go completely crazy
Flip out means to lose emotional control suddenly—from anger, excitement, fear, or shock.
Someone might flip out upon learning bad news, or flip out with joy at a surprise.
The phrase suggests a dramatic, visible reaction: My mom is going to flip out when she sees this mess.
Often interchangeable with freak out.
Episode of losing control
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- tantrumUncontrolled display of frustration
- blowupSudden fit of rage
- explosionViolent burst of energy
eruption · conniption · fit · scene · flare-up · snap · crack · lose it
Persistent apprehensive distress
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- frightSudden intense fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
hysteria · hyperventilate · cold sweat · heart palpitations · jitters · nervousness · trepidation · apprehension
Intense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
infuriated · fuming · seething · irate · incensed · explosive · volcanic · apoplectic
Depict with heightened emotion
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- catastrophizeMentally magnify potential disasters
make a scene · histrionics · theatrical · overemotional · oversensitive · escalate · amplify · magnify
freakout
Episode of losing control
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- tantrumUncontrolled display of frustration
- blowupSudden fit of rage
explosion · eruption · conniption · fit · scene · flare-up · snap · crack · lose it · go ballistic
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
dread · hysteria · hyperventilate · cold sweat · heart palpitations · jitters · nervousness · trepidation · apprehension · fight-or-flight
fury
Intense violent anger
enraged · infuriated · fuming · seething · irate · incensed · explosive · volcanic · apoplectic · ballistic
dramatize
Depict with heightened emotion
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
catastrophize · make a scene · histrionics · theatrical · overemotional · oversensitive · escalate · amplify · magnify · sensationalize
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- overreactpanic, explode, blow up, meltdown, tantrum
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious
- outburstsoutburst, burst, eruption, tantrum, meltdown
- insanityinsane, crazy, mad, lunatic, insanity
- turn phrasesabout face, turn the tables, turn a blind eye, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner
flip outstay calm
Remain unruffled
keep cool · keep one's cool · keep it together · chill out · keep one's head
flip outunderreact
Respond insufficiently to stimulus
play it cool · roll with it · shrug it off · shrug off · brush it off
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