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tantrumy

tantrumy adjective: of, or relating to a tantrum; displaying childish behavior or experiencing an episode of bad temper.

Adjective

tantrumy (comparative more tantrumy, superlative most tantrumy)

  1. Of, or relating to a tantrum; displaying childish behavior or experiencing an episode of bad temper.
    • She was always particularly “tantrumy,” as Max called it, after them, appearing low-spirited and unhappy.1880, Madeline Bonavia Hunt, “Joan’s Visitor”, in Little Empress Joan, London; Paris; New York, N.Y.: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., page 27
    • The heroine is always rude and “tantrumy,” and the misunderstandings between the principal characters are nearly always the result of bad temper, if not actual brutality, on the part of the girl[…].1892 November 27, Mary P. Abbott, “Difficult to Handle. Few Novelists Write Sequels That Are Successful.”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, volume LI, number 332, Chicago, Ill., section “Rhoda...

Examples of tantrumy in a sentence

  • “I don’t like tantrumy children,” said the Comtesse, and looked at Alex as if given half a chance, she would smack her too.1971, Charity Blackstock [pseudonym; Ursula Torday], The Encounter, New York, N.Y.: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., →LCCN, page 107:
  • Did she hold eye contact because she deals with tantrumy children and agitated parents that way every day?2015, Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance:

Forms of tantrumy

comparativemore tantrumy
superlativemost tantrumy

Origin of tantrumy

From tantrum + -y.

Questions about tantrumy

What does tantrumy mean?
Tantrumy means of, or relating to a tantrum; displaying childish behavior or experiencing an episode of bad temper.
How do you use tantrumy in a sentence?
“I don’t like tantrumy children,” said the Comtesse, and looked at Alex as if given half a chance, she would smack her too.
What part of speech is tantrumy?
Tantrumy is an adjective.

Words near tantrumy in the dictionary

  1. tantruming
  2. tantrummed
  3. tantrumming
  4. tantrummy
  5. tantrums
  6. tantrumy
  7. tants
  8. tantulocarid
  9. tantulocarids
  10. Tantung
  11. tantuni

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