hissy fit
Childish angry outburst
A hissy fit is an outburst of temper, typically dramatic and disproportionate to its cause.
The term suggests childish or theatrical behavior—storming off, shouting, slamming doors: She threw a hissy fit when they ran out of her size.
Often used dismissively to characterize someone's anger as excessive or unwarranted.
State of mind
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- stampingForceful foot motion
- sulkBrood in silence
- poutSulky facial expression
whining · flounce · conniption · snit · freakout · blowup · fuming · bawl
Theatrical art or turmoil
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- spectacleVisually striking event
- theatricsExaggerated dramatic behavior
overreaction · exaggeration · histrionics · grandstanding · performance · overacting · hamming · emoting
Catastrophic loss of control
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- snappingBreaking with sharp sound
unraveling · losing it · hysteria · frazzled · coming apart · distress · worked up · agitated
Intense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- ireIntense fury
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
exasperation · irritation · vexation · pique · resentment · seething · fuming · incensed
temper
State of mind
pout · whining · flounce · conniption · snit · freakout · blowup · fuming · bawl · screech
drama
Theatrical art or turmoil
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- spectacleVisually striking event
theatrics · overreaction · exaggeration · histrionics · grandstanding · performance · overacting · hamming · emoting · flair
meltdown
Catastrophic loss of control
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
snapping · unraveling · losing it · hysteria · frazzled · coming apart · distress · worked up · agitated · beside oneself
rage
Intense, violent anger
indignation · exasperation · irritation · vexation · pique · resentment · seething · fuming · incensed · livid
petulant
Childishly bad-tempered
fussy · pouty · sulky · whiny · peevish · cranky · testy · pettish · babyish · infantile
- bratty behaviortantrum, whining, pouting, sulking, backtalk
- emotional outburstsmeltdown, outburst, tantrum, temper tantrum, angry outburst
- losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, goes crazy
- outburstsoutburst, burst, eruption, tantrum, meltdown
- overreactionsoverreaction, meltdown, tantrum, freakout, freak-out
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
hissy fitcomposure
Emotional self-control
calm · equanimity · self-control · poise · serenity
hissy fitmeasured response
Controlled, proportional reply
underreaction · taking it in stride · rolling with the punches · grace under pressure · letting it go