running amok
phrase
variants or running amuck
as in making a scene
to express one's anger usually violently The mayor acknowledged the group's right to march, but warned that they would not be allowed to run amok. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- making a scene
- rampaging
- raging
- carrying on
- fuming
- taking on
- blowing up
- bristling
- flipping (out)
- storming
- flaring (up)
- burning
- raving
- ranting
- steaming
- fulminating
- blustering
- foaming
- seething
- smoldering
- stewing
- smouldering
- chafing
- fretting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- choking (back)
- soothing
- containing
- checking
- restraining
- collecting
- curbing
- toning (down)
- composing
- suppressing
- swallowing
- stifling
- smothering
- strangling
- repressing
- subduing
- allaying
- appeasing
- tempering
- moderating
- relaxing
- pacifying
- cooling
- reining
- easing
- pocketing
- letting up
- settling
- calming
- quieting
- stilling
- quelling
- hushing