Susan
English words/expressions about anger and their relative intensity

Please help me make a collection of English words and expressions related to anger and angry behavior, with your opinion about how intense of anger these expressions may represent.  I would also like as many slang expression and idioms as possible (and I know there are many).  When you add to my collection, will you give me a rating of where you would put it on a zero to 10 scale? (0 is no anger, 10 is complete rage, should not be anywhere near a gun because they are out of control) 

Here is an example of an anger scale to give you an idea about what I mean by intensity. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNSD5tfzO-EoOnm0R88jogP2NPZf0tp71CaQqtgtP5Q3Adlg86fw ;(I want to later take many of these words and make a discussion in the Spanish forum as I try to understand the different ways of talking about anger in Spanish and which represent low level anger, high levels of anger etc.)

Many people see the intensity of anger differently.  I, for example, rank ¨annoyed¨ as less intense than irritated. For me, annoyed is a 1. When I work with families, it is always interesting to see if they put ¨mad¨ above or below ¨angry.¨  In my experience, it is about half and half.  

Here are some of the words I would be interested in your rating of any of them that you choose on a 0-10 scale.  Please add your own words, expressions and idioms related to indications of anger (and ratings of those) for me as well.

Annoyed, irritated, frustrated, angry, mad, enraged, furious, pissed off, ticked off, blew a gasket, threw a fit, flipped his lid, torqued, offended, insulted, foaming at the mouth, steamed, exasperated, irked, peeved, vexed, put out...... (I am sure I have heard many more, this is all I can think of at the moment.)

Aug 15, 2017 2:37 AM
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Going postal or went postal. Only Americans will likely know this one. If you know it then you know that it's a 10.

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1. Annoyed, irked, irritated, frustrated, have a bone to pick
2. Peeved, exasperated, put out, vexed, get your feathers ruffled
3. Ticked off
4. Angry, mad, pissed off
5. Incensed, livid, irate, beside herself, fit to be tied
6. Outraged, boiling mad, threw a fit, go through the roof
7.  furious, had a conniption fit, enraged, flipped his/her lid
8. Went ballistic, blew a fuse/gasket, lost it
9. Seething, raging
10. Seething with homicidal rage

August 15, 2017
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My son would say he's "cheesed" but that probably a very North American expression. Seeing red is another - that means you are really angry.
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irritated
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