Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hit_the_ceiling

1 sense of hit the ceiling

Sense 1
flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic -- (get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic")
       => rage -- (feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!")