blowing a gasket

ADJECTIVE

raging

Synonyms

STRONGEST

enraged furious seething stormy turbulent

STRONG

bent blustering fuming incensed infuriated raving rough

WEAK

angry at boiling point bent out of shape beside oneself blowing one's top blustery boiling mad boiling over fit to be tied frenzied going ape irate mad as a hornet rabid ranting and raving raving mad seeing red tempestuous throwing a fit wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm mild moderate

WEAK

delighted giddy gleeful happy

Example Sentences

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Hibs - hanging on brilliantly against the odds, heading everything clear, throwing bodies in the way of shots, blowing a gasket to protect their point in front of an electrified home and away crowd.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

As for blowing a gasket, I’m prone to temper tantrums for a variety of relatively un-important reasons, including this social media platform we are on.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2019

Your hated rival's coach blowing a gasket live on Sportscenter.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 5, 2018

The coach blowing a gasket at said taunt is to blame.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 9, 2018

I’m lying on the bed staring at a print on the ceiling of Munch’s The Scream, an off-the-hook painting I wish I made of a guy blowing a gasket.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

blowing a gasket

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