making someone's blood boil
Causing intense anger
To make someone's blood boil is to provoke intense anger or fury.
The image suggests rage so powerful it heats the body: The way he talked down to her made my blood boil.
Often used with possessives: It makes my blood boil when politicians lie.
- seeing redOvercome by fury
- insultsDisparaging remarks
- personal attackCriticism aimed at someone directly
- clenched fistsHands tightly closed
- angerIntense hostile emotion
rage · fit of rage · blind rage · betrayal · hot under the collar · provocation · indignation · righteous anger · wrath · vexation · resentment · unfairness · last straw · frustration · incensed · losing one's temper · short fuse · blowing a fuse
emotional arousal and agitation
making someone's blood boiltranquilizing
Administering calming drugs
pacifying · lulling · quieting · taking the edge off · de-escalating
making, someone, bloods, bloody, bloodied, bloodying, bloodless, bloodier, bloodiest