flips (out)
verb
1
as in melts down
to yield to mental or emotional stress a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- melts down
- loses it
- falls apart
- cracks
- breaks down
- breaks up
- wigs (out)
- freaks (out)
- goes to pieces
- blows one's cool
- chokes
- goes off the deep end
2
as in snarls
to become very angry when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out Synonyms & Similar Words
- snarls
- snaps
- goes ballistic
- has a fit
- angers
- blows up
- hits the ceiling
- blows one's top
- forgets oneself
- blows one's stack
- flies into a rage
- blows a gasket
- hits the roof
- loses one's temper
- flies off the handle
- glares
- loses one's cool
- blows one's cool
- explodes
- storms
- flares (up)
- vituperates
- tees off
- flashes
- rants
- rages
- bristles
- fulminates
- raves
- bursts
- steams
- foams
- sputters
- vents
- fumes
- flares (out)
- sizzles
- burns
- warms
- seethes
- glowers
- smolders
- inflames
- smoulders
- maddens
- enflames
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- calms (down)
- simmers down
- cools (off or down)
- relaxes
- chills out
- quiets (down)
- hushes
