SEEING RED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seeing red mean? 

• SEEING RED (noun)
  The noun SEEING RED has 1 sense:

1. a state of irritation or annoyance

  Familiarity information: SEEING RED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEEING RED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of irritation or annoyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

huff; miff; seeing red

Hypernyms ("seeing red" is a kind of...):

annoyance; botheration; irritation; vexation (the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed)

 Context examples 

I was frightened when I became conscious that I was seeing red, and the thought flashed through my mind: was I, too, becoming tainted by the brutality of my environment? —I, who even in the most flagrant crimes had denied the justice and righteousness of capital punishment?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)