rip-snorting mad: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  United Statesinformalcolloquialslang
  • Extremely angry; furious to a marked or conspicuous degree.
  • Characterized by intense, often noisy or vehement, anger.

  Examples

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  • He was rip-snorting mad when he found out someone had scratched his car in the parking lot.

    He was extremely angry when he found out someone had scratched his car in the parking lot.

  • You don’t want to get her rip-snorting mad; she’s not one to hold back her anger.

    You don’t want to make her extremely angry; she expresses her anger openly.

  • After hearing the unfair accusations, the manager was rip-snorting mad and demanded an apology.

    After hearing the unfair accusations, the manager was furious and demanded an apology.