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Synonyms for hot under collar
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kol-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒl ər |
Top 10 synonyms for hot under collar Other synonyms for the word hot under collar
- appetent
- ardent
- at wits' end
- athirst
- avid
- bent out of shape
- berserk
- beside oneself
- boiling
- breathless
- brusque
- burned up
- burning
- burning with excitement
- chafing
- choleric
- corybantic
- crazy
- curt
- delirious
- demanding
- deranged
- distracted
- distraught
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- emotional
- excitable
- excited
- feverish
- fired-up
- flipped out
- fraught
- freaked out
- freaked-out
- frenetic
- frenzied
- fretful
- furious
- good and mad
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hectic
- het up
- high
- hot and bothered
- hot under collar
- hot under the collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hot-tempered
- hyper
- hysterical
- impetuous
- in a state
- in a stew
- in a tizzy
- indignant
- insane
- intolerant
- irascible
- irate
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- keyed up
- keyed-up
- mad
- mad as hell
- nervous
- neurotic
- on edge
- on pins and needles
- out of control
- outraged
- overexcited
- overstrung
- overworked
- overwrought
- panic-stricken
- pissed off
- pissed-off
- quick-tempered
- rabid
- racing one's motor
- raging
- raving
- restless
- ripe
- shook up
- snappy
- spazzed out
- spent
- steamed
- steamed up
- steaming
- stirred
- straining
- strung-out
- sudden
- teed off
- tense
- testy
- thirsty
- ticked off
- tired
- uneasy
- unforbearing
- unglued
- unindulgent
- unscrewed
- unstrung
- unzipped
- upset
- uptight
- vehement
- violent
- weary
- weird
- weirded out
- wigged out
- wild
- wired
- worked up
- worked-up
- worn
- wound-up
- zonkers
Définition of hot under collar
Origin :- c.1300, "neck armor, gorget," from Old French coler "neck, collar" (12c., Modern French collier), from Latin collare "necklace, band or chain for the neck," from collum "the neck," from PIE *kwol-o- "neck" (cf. Old Norse and Middle Dutch hals "neck"), literally "that on which the head turns," from root *kwel- "move round, turn about" (see cycle (n.)). Late 14c. as "border at the neck of a garment."
- As in overwrought : adj exhausted and excited
- As in fit to be tied : adj extremely angry
- As in het up : adj very upset
- As in hot under the collar : adj very angry
- As in madding : adj frantic
- As in unforbearing : adj impatient
- As in frantic : adj distressed, distracted
- As in impatient : adj unable, unwilling to wait
Antonyms for hot under collar
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