in the heat of the moment
If you say or do something in the heat of the moment, you say or do it without thinking because you are very angry or excited:
He didn't mean it - he said it in the heat of the moment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- fuss
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- irritation
- resent
- resentful
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
- spite
- tantrum
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