SEE RED | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of see red in English

see red

idiom Add to word list Add to word list C2 to become very angry: People who don't finish a job really make me see red. to get angry

• lose your temperShe never lost her temper, never raised her voice.
• explodeShe exploded with rage when she was mistaken for a cleaning lady.
• eruptMy ex-husband would erupt over little things.
• lose (your) patienceShe was starting to lose her patience with him.
• become enragedHe became enraged and crashed out of the room.
• fly into a rageI never saw him fly into a rage or treat anyone cruelly.

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• (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
• aggravated
• ape
• ballistic
• bananas
• blow
• fly off the handle idiom
• fulminating
• fume
• get bent out of shape idiom
• get huffy with someone
• go through the roof idiom
• grave
• roof
• splenetic
• splenetically
• stew
• storm in (somewhere) phrasal verb
• storm into somewhere phrasal verb
• throw

See more results » (Definition of see red from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

see red | American Dictionary

see red

idiom Add to word list Add to word list to become very angry: The corruption in government is making voters see red. (Definition of see red from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of see red

in Chinese (Traditional) 非常生氣, 暴怒… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 非常生气, 暴怒… See more in Spanish ponerse furioso, sulfurarse, salirse de sus casillas… See more in Portuguese perder a cabeça… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian öfkeden çılgına dönmek, tepesi atmak, gözü dönmek… See more voir rouge… See more woedend worden… See more vidět rudě… See more se rødt… See more marah… See more กำลังโกรธ… See more giận dữ… See more wściekać się, wściec się… See more se rött… See more menjadi marah… See more rot sehen… See more se rødt… See more почервонілий від злості… See more Need a translator?

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