hissy fit
hissy fit noun: a childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.
Noun
hissy fit (plural hissy fits)
- A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.
- As for me, I don't care anymore if my kid has a hissy fit in the junior department.1993 July 26, Joy Overbeck, “Sex, Kids and the Slut Look”, in Newsweek, page 8
- Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"1996 May 13, David E. Thigpen, “If You Could Hear Her Now”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- tantrum, outburst, shit fit, snit fit, wobbler, catfit, conniption, conniption fit, dummy spit, headfit
Synonyms of hissy fit
Forms of hissy fit
| plural | hissy fits |
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Origin of hissy fit
Clipping of histrionics.
Questions about hissy fit
- What does hissy fit mean?
- Hissy fit means a childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.
- What part of speech is hissy fit?
- Hissy fit is a noun.
- What is the plural of hissy fit?
- The plural of hissy fit is hissy fits.
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