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Synonyms for hit the ceiling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic(verb)

    get very angry and fly into a rage

    "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"

    Synonyms:
    go ballistic, puff out, detonate, have kittens, flip one's wig, ignite, embroider, puff up, erupt, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, conflagrate, combust, flip one's lid, burn, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, enlarge, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, inflate, take fire, aggrandize, dramatize, catch fire, blow one's stack

Wiktionary

  1. hit the ceiling(verb)

    Synonyms:
    hit the roof, go apeshit, blow ones top, go ape, lose ones rag, lose ones temper, lose it

  2. hit the ceiling(verb)

    , to be explosively angry. To lose one's temper

    When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just hit the ceiling.

    Synonyms:
    hit the roof, blow ones top, lose ones rag, go ape, lose ones temper, go apeshit, lose it

How to pronounce hit the ceiling?

Alex
Alex
US English
Daniel
Daniel
British
Karen
Karen
Australian
Veena
Veena
Indian

How to say hit the ceiling in sign language?

  1. hittheceiling

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