"red mist" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-red mist.ogg [Australia] Forms: red mists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red mist (plural red mists)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, mist.
    Sense id: en-red_mist-en-noun-U77ZyJac
  2. (figurative) Uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to stop clear thinking. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-red_mist-en-noun-szrVJNeH Disambiguation of Anger: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72

Inflected forms

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