Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fit of bad temper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A burst of ill humor; a display of temper; an ill-natured caprice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. and archaic A whim; an affected air.
- noun A display of ill-humor, especially a demonstration of rage or frustration by shouting or violent physical movements, such as the stamping of feet; called also
temper tantrum . It is usually associated with children, but is sometimes seen in adults. - noun A display of anger expressed by irrationally striking out at innocent targets or inanimate objects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a display of bad temper
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The only one throwing up a tantrum is the guy who talks about the defeat and resurrection of the Russian Empire while talking about the decay and fall of an American Empire that was never born to begin with.
The New URL for the War Nerd is… « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008
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Because for me, frankly, I don't care how deep in tantrum territory you and your little brain are, hitting is never acceptable.
Monday Meanderings kittenpie 2009
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The end result of Mike Griffin's temper tantrum is to further deepen the depression and morale problems of those who work there.
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These tea baggers remind me of a child having a temper tantrum … at first when the tantrum is ignored it gets worse then stops altogether.
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As we have just seen, a party of temper tantrum is just as useful as having no opposition at all.
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Because for me, frankly, I don't care how deep in tantrum territory you and your little brain are, hitting is never acceptable.
Archive 2009-03-01 kittenpie 2009
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They want what they want -- banning abortion, prayer in schools, marginalizing gays and lesbians -- and if they don't get it, the tantrum is going to be terrific.
July 2005 2005
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Adults whose first anxious thought, in the middle of a toddler's tantrum, is to control their own reactions?
Marshal Plan 2005
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Adults whose first anxious thought, in the middle of a toddler's tantrum, is to control their own reactions?
Marshal Plan 2005
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I suppose a grown man throwing a temper tantrum is still a temper tantrum.
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