frothing at the mouth
Seething with fury
Frothing at the mouth literally describes the foam that forms around the mouth during rabies or seizures, but the phrase is used almost exclusively in its figurative sense: to be extremely angry or agitated, often to the point of losing composure.
The coach was frothing at the mouth after the referee's call.
Someone frothing at the mouth over an issue is worked up beyond reason, suggesting their rage has become irrational or unhinged.
Extremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
- incensedExtremely angry
- infuriatedExtremely angered
fuming · enraged · apoplectic · outraged · irate · ranting · raving · spitting
Fear of water
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
- bitePierce with teeth
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
transmission · vaccination · quarantine · symptomatic · neurological · encephalitis · fatal · wildlife
Passionately eager and active
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- rabidViolently extreme or fervent
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
frenzied · obsessed · overwrought · worked up · fired up · evangelical · crusading · maniacal
furious
Extremely angry
infuriated · fuming · enraged · apoplectic · outraged · irate · ranting · raving · spitting · sputtering
hydrophobia
Fear of water
virus · transmission · vaccination · quarantine · symptomatic · neurological · encephalitis · fatal · wildlife · bats
zealous
Passionately eager and active
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- rabidViolently extreme or fervent
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
impassioned · frenzied · obsessed · overwrought · worked up · fired up · evangelical · crusading · maniacal · single-minded
frothing at the mouthmeasured
Carefully considered, unhurried
reasoned · rational · dispassionate · cool-headed · measured response
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