hissy fit

hissy fit

noun

Definition of HISSY FIT

: tantrum

Examples of HISSY FIT

1. <the demanding diva had a major hissy fit when she had to wait for her trailer to be ready>

First Known Use of HISSY FIT

circa 1970

Related to HISSY FIT

Synonyms: blowup, explosion, fireworks, fit, hissy [chiefly Southern & southern Midland], tantrum, huff, scene

Related Words: eruption, flare-up, outburst, storm, uproar; agitation, delirium, distraction, frenzy, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, rage, rampage; convulsion(s), paroxysm, seizure, spasm, upheaval; angriness, choler, indignation, irateness, ire, lividity, lividness, spleen, wrath, wrathfulness; reaction, rise; dander, temper; grouch, hump [British], pet, pouts, snit, sulk(s), sulkiness, sullenness

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Rhymes with HISSY FIT

babysit, benefit, borrow pit, cable-knit, candlelit, come off it, counterfeit, cuckoo spit, double knit, get with it, holy writ, hypocrite, infield hit, intermit, intromit, manumit, megahit, mother wit, out of it, put to it, recommit, retrofit, step on it