Antonyms for boiling over
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : boil |
Phonetic Transcription : bɔɪl |
Definition of boiling over
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.
- I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]
- Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.
- As in raging : adj violent; mad
- As in outrage : verb wrong, offend, abuse
- As in rage : verb be angry
- As in : verb get angry and lose control
- As in bristle : verb become upset, excited
- As in flare : verb erupt, blow
- As in anger : verb make someone mad; become mad
- There is a great boiling over in this centre, but the liquor sent up falls into E, and so there is no boiling over of C.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Clemens was boiling over with plans and suggestions for distribution.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Harder and harder he stirred to keep the porridge from boiling over.
- Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
- Then Dick, who had gradually been boiling over, could stand it no longer.
- Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
- In a few hours the kettle was filled with sap, and boiling over the fire.
- Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
- "The Jungle" is the boiling over of our social volcano and shows us what is in it.
- Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 » by Various
- And then 107 he turned to the kettle, which was on the point of boiling over.
- Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
- She was boiling over with anger when she reached the theater.
- Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne
- He had been boiling over with indignation while talking to his wife.
- Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope
- Inwardly he was boiling over at the ill-luck of his first spring run.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
Synonyms for boiling over
- acerbate
- affront
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- agitate
- angry
- annoy
- antagonize
- arouse
- at boiling point
- bait
- be angry
- be beside oneself
- be furious
- be infuriated
- be maddened
- be uncontrollable
- become irate
- bent
- bent out of shape
- beside oneself
- blaze
- blow a fuse
- blow one's top
- blow up
- blowing a gasket
- blowing one's top
- blustering
- blustery
- boil
- boil over
- boiling mad
- boiling over
- break out
- bridle
- bristle
- burn
- burn up
- burst
- chafe
- champ at bit
- craze
- cross
- dart
- dazzle
- defile
- deflower
- desecrate
- displease
- do violence to
- egg on
- embitter
- enrage
- enraged
- erupt
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- excite
- explode
- fire up
- fit to be tied
- flare
- flare up
- flash
- flicker
- flutter
- fly off the handle
- foam at the mouth
- force
- frenzied
- fret
- fulminate
- fume
- fuming
- furious
- gall
- get mad
- get on one's nerves
- get one's dander up
- glare
- glow
- go berserk
- go off
- goad
- going ape
- have a fit
- have a tantrum
- ill-treat
- incense
- incensed
- inflame
- infuriate
- infuriated
- injure
- insult
- irate
- irritate
- jar
- kick up a row
- let off steam
- look daggers
- lose control
- lose one's temper
- mad as a hornet
- madden
- make a fuss over
- make hit the ceiling
- make sore
- maltreat
- miff
- mistreat
- misuse
- nettle
- offend
- on the warpath
- oppress
- outrage
- overflow
- persecute
- pique
- provoke
- rabid
- rage
- rail at
- raise Cain
- raise hell
- rampage
- rankle
- rant
- rant and rave
- ranting and raving
- rape
- ravage
- rave
- raving
- raving mad
- ravish
- reach boiling point
- rile
- rise
- roar
- rough
- ruffle
- scandalize
- scold
- scream
- see red
- seeing red
- seethe
- seething
- shimmer
- shock
- shoot
- snap at
- spit
- splutter
- spoil
- stand on end
- steam
- steam up
- stew
- stir up
- storm
- stormy
- surge
- swell
- tear
- tempestuous
- tempt
- throw a fit
- throwing a fit
- turbulent
- umbrage
- vex
- violate
- waver
- whip up
- wild
- work oneself into sweat
- yell
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