Phrase guide

lose one's temper

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /luːz wʌnz tɛmpə(ɹ)/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To become angry or annoyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

  • When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he completely lost his temper.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

get very angry and fly into a rage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 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, blow a fuse, go ballistic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rage

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حمق (ḥimiʔ) — to be explosively angry
  • Azerbaijani: qızmaq — to be explosively angry
  • Azerbaijani: qızışmaq — to be explosively angry
  • Basque: bere onetik irten — to be explosively angry
  • Bulgarian: гу́бя самооблада́ние (gúbja samoobladánie) — to be explosively angry
  • Bulgarian: изгу́бвам самооблада́ние (izgúbvam samoobladánie) — to be explosively angry
  • Bulgarian: изгу́бя самооблада́ние (izgúbja samoobladánie) — to be explosively angry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發脾氣 /发脾气 (fāpíqi) — to be explosively angry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發火 /发火 (fāhuǒ) — to be explosively angry
  • Finnish: raivostua — to be explosively angry
  • Finnish: polttaa päreensä — to be explosively angry
  • Finnish: menettää malttinsa — to be explosively angry
  • Finnish: hypätä kattoon — to be explosively angry
  • French: perdre son sang froid — to be explosively angry
  • French: perdre son calme — to be explosively angry
  • French: sortir de ses gonds — to be explosively angry
  • German: die Beherrschung verlieren — to be explosively angry
  • German: vor Wut kochen — to be explosively angry
  • Hindi: आग बबूला होना (āg babūlā honā) — to be explosively angry
  • Italian: perdere le staffe — to be explosively angry
  • Italian: perdere la pazienza — to be explosively angry
  • Italian: perdere la calma — to be explosively angry
  • Italian: uscire dai gangheri — to be explosively angry
  • Italian: arrabbiarsi — to be explosively angry
  • Italian: vedere rosso — to be explosively angry
  • Japanese: 癇癪を起こす (kanshaku o okosu) — to be explosively angry
  • Japanese: 怒り出す (okoridasu) — to be explosively angry
  • Japanese: 挙措を失う (kyoso o ushinau) — to be explosively angry
  • Māori: tū ngā pihi — to be explosively angry
  • Māori: tātāhau — to be explosively angry
  • Portuguese: perder as estribeiras — to be explosively angry
  • Portuguese: chutar o balde — to be explosively angry
  • Russian: теря́ть самообла́дание (terjátʹ samoobládanije) — to be explosively angry
  • Russian: горячи́ться (gorjačítʹsja) — to be explosively angry
  • Spanish: perder los estribos — to be explosively angry
  • Swedish: gå i taket — to be explosively angry
  • Swedish: få spel — to be explosively angry
  • Tibetan: ཁོང་ཁྲོ་སྐྱེ (khong khro skye) — to be explosively angry
  • Tibetan: ཁོང་ཁྲོ་ལང (khong khro lang) — to be explosively angry
  • Tibetan: ཚིག་པ་ཟ (tshig pa za) — to be explosively angry
  • Tibetan: དགོངས་པ་ཁྲེལ (dgongs pa khrel) — to be explosively angry
  • Turkish: küplere binmek — to be explosively angry
  • Ukrainian: вихо́дити з се́бе (vyxódyty z sébe) — to be explosively angry
  • Ukrainian: ви́йти з се́бе (výjty z sébe) — to be explosively angry
  • Vietnamese: phát cáu — to be explosively angry
  • Walloon: potchî foû d’ ses clicotes — to be explosively angry
  • Walloon: monter a sminces — to be explosively angry
  • Welsh: colli tymer — to be explosively angry