as in huff
an outburst or display of excited anger
had a tantrum when he found his little sister using his model paints
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Recent Examples of tantrum
Wait lists cause a lot of stress in parents who are facing the realities of their kids' tantrums on a daily basis.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Once a tantrum is underway, reasoning with a child is often ineffective.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
And what that implies is that people like TSA agents or folks that work in the federal government for the Department of Agriculture or- don't get paid when one party throws a tantrum, right?
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke sparked a taper tantrum in 2013 with just the mention of the possibility of reducing Fed asset purchases.
—Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Once a tantrum is underway, reasoning with a child is often ineffective.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
And what that implies is that people like TSA agents or folks that work in the federal government for the Department of Agriculture or- don't get paid when one party throws a tantrum, right?
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke sparked a taper tantrum in 2013 with just the mention of the possibility of reducing Fed asset purchases.
—Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantrum
Noun
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Among agonized grunts and huffs, Probst narrated the fumbles.—
Sarah Grant,
New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2026
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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In real life, Natalie is detached from her children and disdainful of her spouse, prone to violent outbursts as the farm spins out of her control.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Geekie had only one goal in the previous 20 games, but his scoring outburst on Tuesday pushed his season total to a career-best 37.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Her work plainly belongs to this lineage of witchy writers, women whose deliciously corrupted scenes of home and hearth produce fear and wild laughter at once.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Jones was pronounced dead at the scene.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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According to the documents, Chee paid his other employees in cash — including those who later died in the explosion.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The warmth that is the CinemaScope explosion of every emotion all at once.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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In reaction, Afreximbank in January formally ended its relationship with one of the Big Three rating agencies, arguing that rating methodologies applied to states and multilateral institutions fail to reflect development mandates.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Beyond those directly targeted, reaction to Trump’s post was broadly negative.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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The original fit featured a loud bird-print top with matching bird-print pants, but Augusta National nixed the pants and asked Day to wear solid-colored pants instead.—
Ryan Brennan
April 7,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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For oily skin, a lightweight gel formula is a good fit.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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There seemed to be an unwarranted frenzy in the speed at which everything was played, as if music were as much a sport as an artistic pursuit.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Irishman recorded a hole-in-one on the sixth hole at Augusta National on Saturday, putting patrons into a frenzy.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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But what do designers think about the resurgence of the heavily curtained look, which was all the rage in the 1980s?—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
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Uthmeier has also gone out of his way to weaken criminal cases that don’t dovetail with his philosophy, including an Orlando road-rage case where a man was shot to death.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Tantrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantrum. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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