see red
Lose your temper
To see red is to become extremely angry, to the point of losing composure or acting rashly: I saw red when he insulted my mother.
The phrase evokes the flush of rage or the bull charging at a matador's cape—though bulls are actually colorblind to red.
Extremely angry or discolored
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
- incensedExtremely angry
- infuriatedExtremely angered
enraged · irate · wrathful · apoplectic · boiling · beside oneself · hot under the collar · steaming
Intense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- temperState of mind
- outrageFierce moral indignation
indignation · resentment · hostility · animosity · aggression · irritation · exasperation · vexation
Caused to activate
offended · affronted · slighted · disrespected · wronged · crossed · pushed too far · last straw
livid
Extremely angry or discolored
infuriated · enraged · irate · wrathful · apoplectic · boiling · beside oneself · hot under the collar · steaming · burning
rage
Intense, violent anger
outrage · indignation · resentment · hostility · animosity · aggression · irritation · exasperation · vexation · ire
triggered
Caused to activate
insulted · offended · affronted · slighted · disrespected · wronged · crossed · pushed too far · last straw · final straw
- anger expressionslose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow your top, hit the roof
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious
- outburstsoutburst, burst, eruption, tantrum, meltdown
- chaosmayhem, chaotic, pandemonium, bedlam, turmoil
see redturn the other cheek
Refuse to retaliate
let it go · shrug it off · grin and bear it · keep the peace · roll with the punches
see, red, seen, seeing, oversee, unseen, reddish, foresee, redness