pitch a fit
Throw a tantrum
To pitch a fit is to throw a tantrum or react with exaggerated anger or frustration: She pitched a fit when they canceled her flight.
The expression suggests dramatic, possibly childish behavior—raising one's voice, complaining loudly, making a scene.
Adults pitch fits; children throw tantrums, though the behaviors overlap.
Uncontrolled display of frustration
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- conniptionHysterical emotional outburst
- hissySlang for tantrum
- blowupSudden fit of rage
flare-up · outburst · explosion · scene · fuss · snit · strop · huff
Intense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
fuming · incensed · enraged · infuriated · irate · boiling · apoplectic · berserk
Exaggeratedly emotional for effect
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- overreactionDisproportionate emotional response
spectacle · overwrought · sensational · hyperbolic · over-the-top · attention-seeking · performative · showy
tantrum
Uncontrolled display of frustration
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- conniptionHysterical emotional outburst
- hissySlang for tantrum
blowup · flare-up · outburst · explosion · scene · fuss · snit · strop · huff · paddy
fury
Intense violent anger
seething · fuming · incensed · enraged · infuriated · irate · boiling · apoplectic · berserk · outraged
theatrical
Exaggeratedly emotional for effect
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
overreaction · spectacle · overwrought · sensational · hyperbolic · over-the-top · attention-seeking · performative · showy · emotional
bratty
Ill-mannered like children
pouty · sulky · fussy · cranky · immature · willful · defiant · inconsolable · peevish · testy
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
pitch a fitstay calm
Remain unruffled
keep one's cool · hold it together · bite one's tongue · stay cool · roll with the punches
pitch a fitroll with the punches
Cope with adversity flexibly
grin and bear it · go with the flow · shrug it off · let it go · acquiesce
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