saw red

The phrase “saw red” has 2 syllables: saw red

It's pronounced as /sɑː rɛd/


What is synonym and antonym for saw red?

In the thesaurus, “saw red” has 26 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for saw red along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for saw red

  • agitated
  • boiled
  • bristled
  • burned
  • burnt
  • chafed
  • convulsed
  • enflamed
  • foamed
  • fretted
  • fulminated
  • fumed
  • inflamed
  • raged
  • rankled
  • ranted
  • raved
  • roiled
  • seethed
  • shook
  • sizzled
  • smoldered
  • smouldered
  • steamed
  • stewed
  • stormed

Example Sentences

  • He saw red when he found out someone had scratched his car.
  • She completely saw red during the argument and stormed out of the room.
  • I saw red the moment he insulted my family.
  • They saw red after hearing the unfair decision by the referee.
  • The manager saw red when the project was delayed again.

On this page you'll find 26 synonyms or another words to saw red, such as: agitated, boiled, bristled, burned, burnt, chafed, convulsed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

raged

  • agitated
  • be beside oneself
  • be furious
  • be uncontrollable
  • blew up
  • blow a fuse
  • blow up
  • blustered
  • boil over
  • boiled
  • bristle
  • bristled
  • burned
  • burnt
  • carried on
  • chafe
  • chafed
  • convulsed
  • enflamed
  • erupt
  • fly off the handle
  • foam at the mouth
  • foamed
  • fret
  • fretted
  • fulminate
  • fulminated
  • fume
  • fumed
  • go berserk
  • have a fit
  • have a tantrum
  • inflamed
  • let off steam
  • look daggers
  • made a scene
  • make a fuss over
  • overflow
  • rail at
  • rampage
  • rampaged
  • ran amok
  • ran amuck
  • rankled
  • rant
  • rant and rave
  • ranted
  • rave
  • raved
  • roar
  • roiled
  • saw red
  • scold
  • scream
  • seethe
  • seethed
  • shook
  • sizzled
  • smoldered
  • smouldered
  • snap at
  • splutter
  • steam
  • steamed
  • stewed
  • storm
  • stormed
  • surge
  • tear
  • throw a fit
  • took on
  • work oneself into sweat
  • yell

rankled

  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • affronted
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • antagonistic
  • antagonized
  • antipathetic
  • antisocial
  • apoplectic
  • argumentative
  • ballistic
  • bearish
  • belligerent
  • bent out of shape
  • bilious
  • bitter
  • blue in the face
  • boiled
  • boiling
  • bristled
  • bristling
  • bristly
  • burned
  • burning
  • burnt
  • cantankerous
  • chafed
  • cheesed off
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • cold
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • convulsed
  • cool
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • crossed
  • disagreeable
  • disapproving
  • disputatious
  • distant
  • dyspeptic
  • embittered
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • envenomed
  • exasperated
  • fit to be tied
  • foamed
  • foaming
  • fretful
  • fretted
  • frigid
  • fulminated
  • fumed
  • fuming
  • furious
  • fussy
  • going crook
  • got
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • hopping
  • hopping mad
  • horn-mad
  • hot
  • hot under the collar
  • huffed
  • huffy
  • icy
  • ill-humored
  • ill-tempered
  • in a fume
  • in a huff
  • in a pet
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • inflammable
  • infuriate
  • infuriated
  • inimical
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ired
  • ireful
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • livid
  • mad
  • madded
  • maddened
  • malevolent
  • miffed
  • nettled
  • offended
  • ornery
  • outraged
  • passionate
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • perturbed
  • petulant
  • piqued
  • provoked
  • pugnacious
  • put out
  • quarrelsome
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • rabid
  • raged
  • rancorous
  • ranted
  • ranting
  • raved
  • raving
  • resentful
  • riled
  • riley
  • roiled
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • ruffled
  • saw red
  • seethed
  • seething
  • shirty
  • shook
  • sizzled
  • sizzling
  • smoldered
  • smoldering
  • smouldered
  • smouldering
  • snappish
  • sore
  • sorehead
  • soreheaded
  • spiteful
  • steamed
  • steamed up
  • steaming
  • stewed
  • stormed
  • stormy
  • sulky
  • teed off
  • testy
  • ticked
  • ticked off
  • touchy
  • unfriendly
  • unpleasant
  • vengeful
  • vexed
  • vext
  • vindictive
  • virulent
  • vitriolic
  • worked up
  • wrathful
  • wroth

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