foam at the mouth
Seethe with fury
To foam at the mouth literally describes the frothy saliva that appears around the mouths of rabid animals or humans having seizures.
The figurative sense is far more common: to be furiously angry, often to the point of losing control or reason.
He was foaming at the mouth when he found out they'd canceled his project.
The image suggests rage so intense it resembles madness.
Intense hostile emotion
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
incensed · enraged · infuriated · outrage · indignation · apoplectic · ranting · raving
Fear of water
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- convulsionsInvoluntary muscular contractions
vaccination · quarantine · incubation · neurological · symptoms · feral · bite · animal
Uncontrollable emotional excess
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- freneticWildly agitated, fast
agitation · worked up · overwrought · uncontrollable · wild-eyed · crazed · manic · delirious
Conveyed thought or feeling
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
figurative · phrase · imagery · colorful · vivid · dramatic · speechless · sputtering
anger
Intense hostile emotion
seething · incensed · enraged · infuriated · outrage · indignation · apoplectic · ranting · raving · tirade
hydrophobia
Fear of water
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
convulsions · vaccination · quarantine · incubation · neurological · symptoms · feral · bite · animal · dog
hysteria
Uncontrollable emotional excess
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
frenetic · agitation · worked up · overwrought · uncontrollable · wild-eyed · crazed · manic · delirious · frenzied
expression
Conveyed thought or feeling
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
colloquialism · figurative · phrase · imagery · colorful · vivid · dramatic · speechless · sputtering
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
foam at the mouthhold one's tongue
Deliberately not speak
bite one's lip · keep mum · suffer in silence · keep a civil tongue
foam, foamy, foamed, foaming, foams, mouth, mouths, mouthed, mouthing