making a scene
Public emotional outburst
Making a scene is behaving dramatically or emotionally in public, drawing unwanted attention through loud complaints, crying, or confrontation: Please don't make a scene in front of the other guests.
The phrase implies embarrassment for onlookers and suggests the behavior is excessive or inappropriate to the setting.
- overreactingDisproportionate emotional response
- outburstSudden emotional release
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- fussAgitated, unnecessary concern
- causing a stirPrompting excited discussion
throwing a fit · public · theatricality · acting out · ruckus · spectacle · drama · public meltdown · embarrassment · attention-seeking · uproar · tantrum · losing it · awkwardness · disturbance · exaggeration · hysteria · frustration
- theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
- overreactionsoverreaction, meltdown, tantrum, hissy fit, freakout
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
making a scenekeeping cool
holding it together · keeping one's cool · biting one's tongue · taking it in stride · suffering in silence
making a scenekeeping a low profile
Avoiding notice deliberately
blending in · flying under the radar · fitting in · letting it go · walking away
make, makes, maker, makers, making, remake, unmade, scene, scenes