Synonyms of flipping (out)

flipping (out)

verb

present participle of flip (out), slang

1

as in losing it

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

• losing it
• freaking (out)
• falling apart
• melting down
• cracking
• going to pieces
• wigging (out)
• choking
• breaking up
• breaking down
• going off the deep end
• blowing one's cool

2

as in having a fit

to become very angry

when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having a fit
• flaring (up)
• snarling
• blowing up
• flying into a rage
• going ballistic
• hitting the roof
• angering
• hitting the ceiling
• flying off the handle
• blowing a gasket
• blowing one's top
• glaring
• snapping
• losing one's temper
• blowing one's stack
• forgetting oneself
• losing one's cool
• blowing one's cool
• exploding
• teeing off
• flaring (out)
• storming
• raging
• flashing
• steaming
• vituperating
• ranting
• sputtering
• raving
• fulminating
• smouldering
• warming
• bristling
• venting
• foaming
• bursting
• sizzling
• smoldering
• fuming
• seething
• burning
• glowering
• maddening
• enflaming
• inflaming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calming (down)
• cooling (off or down)
• simmering down
• relaxing
• quieting (down)
• chilling out
• hushing