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hot under the collar
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hot under the collar
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry |
| Synonyms: | angry, boiling, burning with excitement, excited, het up, mad, pissed off, steaming, upset |
| Main Entry: | fit to be tied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely angry |
| Synonyms: | angry, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling, burned up, good and mad, hot and bothered, hot under the collar, mad as hell, outraged, pissed-off, steamed, teed off, ticked off |
| Main Entry: | het up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset |
| Synonyms: | burning, hot and bothered, hot under the collar, indignant, irate, upset |
| Main Entry: | madding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frantic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, angry, at wits' end, berserk, beside oneself, corybantic, crazy*, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out, fraught, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered, hot under the collar, hyper*, hysterical, in a stew, in a tizzy, insane, keyed up, mad, out of control, overwrought, panic-stricken, rabid, raging, raving, shook up, spazzed out, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, violent, weird*, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired, worked up, zonkers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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