Write it out — 41 ways to express frustration
I’ve had a rough time at work over the past couple of weeks: roadblocks, stonewalling, purposeful lack of communication, siloed behavior.
It makes me long for the days when my job just involved writing and editing. Let me correct some serial commas—please.
I thought I would try a little writing therapy. Below are idioms and words that describe the frustration I’ve felt lately. I’ve been “at my wit’s end” and “in a stew,” but I’ve also felt bewildered, incensed and riled.
How many of these can you relate to?
- At your wit’s end
- At the end of your rope
- Beside oneself
- Bewildered
- Blow a fuse
- Blue in the face
- Come apart at the seams
- Exasperated
- Fit to be tied
- Fly off the handle
- Foam at the mouth
- Go off the deep end
- Go through the roof
- Hackles are up
- Have a bee in your bonnet
- Hot under the collar
- In a stew
- In a tailspin
- Incensed
- Inflamed
- Infuriated
- Irascible
- Ireful
- Knickers in a twist
- Mad as a wet hen
- Makes your blood boil
- Nonplussed
- Nose out of joint
- On the warpath
- Out of countenance
- Piqued
- Rabid
- Riled
- Run mad
- Set your teeth on edge
- Short-fused
- Stirred up
- Tear your hair out
- Up in arms
- Vexed
- Wound up
What would to add to the list, PR Daily readers?
This post was first published on Ragan Communication’s PR Daily.
