have a fit
Go completely ballistic
To have a fit is to react with sudden, intense emotion—usually anger or distress.
The phrase evokes the involuntary physical convulsions of a medical seizure, applied to emotional outbursts: Mom's going to have a fit when she sees this mess.
Often used for reactions perceived as disproportionate: Don't have a fit, it's just a scratch on the bumper.
Catastrophic loss of control
- outburstSudden emotional release
- blowupSudden fit of rage
- conniptionHysterical emotional outburst
- explosionViolent burst of energy
eruption · scene · frenzy · histrionics · flare-up · paroxysm · tirade · commotion
Intense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
seething · fuming · incensed · infuriated · boiling · indignation · exasperation · ire
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
- distraughtDeeply agitated by grief
overwrought · breakdown · hyperventilating · screaming · weeping · thrashing · flailing · collapsing
meltdown
Catastrophic loss of control
- outburstSudden emotional release
- blowupSudden fit of rage
- conniptionHysterical emotional outburst
explosion · eruption · scene · frenzy · histrionics · flare-up · paroxysm · tirade · commotion · ruckus
fury
Intense violent anger
enraged · seething · fuming · incensed · infuriated · boiling · indignation · exasperation · ire · temper
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
distraught · overwrought · breakdown · hyperventilating · screaming · weeping · thrashing · flailing · collapsing · frantic
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
have a fitstay calm
Remain unruffled
keep cool · keep one's cool · keep one's head · keep a cool head · shrug it off
have a fitaccept it
Acknowledge what is
let it go · roll with it · go with the flow · roll with the punches · acquiesce
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