red mist
red mist noun: uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to prevent clear thinking.
Noun
red mist (plural red mists)
- Uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to prevent clear thinking.
- What was that tackle about? The red mist still descends on Beckham occasionally.
- Slowly the red mist faded from before Tarzan’s eyes. Things began to take form—he was regaining the perspective of civilized man.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 45
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, mist.
- the red mists of the morning
Examples of red mist in a sentence
- In stressed moments, a sort of red mist seems to descend that reduces his capacity for rational thinking.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:
- In that little office, seated before that wretched Do No Bend envelope, the red mist came down, and it wasn't a mist, it was a torrent.2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Spare, Penguin Random House, →ISBN:
Forms of red mist
| plural | red mists |
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Questions about red mist
- What does red mist mean?
- Red mist means uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to prevent clear thinking.
- How do you use red mist in a sentence?
- In stressed moments, a sort of red mist seems to descend that reduces his capacity for rational thinking.
- What part of speech is red mist?
- Red mist is a noun.
- What is the plural of red mist?
- The plural of red mist is red mists.
Words near red mist in the dictionary
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