hulking out
Anger-fueled muscle surge
Hulking out is losing control and becoming explosively angry, often with an implication of physical transformation or intimidation.
The phrase comes from the comic book character the Hulk, who transforms from mild-mannered scientist into a giant green rage monster when provoked: Don't hulk out on me, I was just asking a question.
Sometimes used for any dramatic shift into an aggressive or intense state.
- outsizedLarger than typical
- rageIntense, violent anger
- blind rageUncontrolled, unseeing anger
- tearTo pull apart
- giantBeing of huge size
Bruce Banner · breaking point · smash · mutation · crush · alter ego · behemoth · metamorphosis · fury · seeing red · roar · Marvel Comics · losing control · lose your temper · flying off the handle · blowing up · burst · berserk
- magical transformationshapeshifting, metamorphosis, polymorph, transfiguration, transmogrification
hulking outkeeping calm
keeping one's cool · keeping it together · counting to ten · chilling out · calming down
hulking outshrinking
Decreasing in dimension
withering · deflating · diminishing · curling up · wasting away
hulking outbacking down
Withdrawing from a stance
walking away · de-escalating · submitting · yielding · retreating