losing your temper
- outburstSudden emotional release
- rageIntense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- snapSudden sharp sound
- explodeBurst with sudden force
blow up · meltdown · tantrum · seething · fuming · yelling · screaming · red-faced · storming off · slamming doors · clenched fists · heated · volatile · eruption · boiling over · seeing red · frustration · lashing out
emotional control
losing your temperkeeping your cool
self-control · counting to ten · restraint · equanimity · self-possession
emotional valence and expression
losing your tempertranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
calmness · placidity · imperturbability · composure · coolness
interpersonal impact
losing your temperde-escalating
Reducing intensity of conflict
keeping the peace · killing with kindness · making peace · letting it go · forgiving