tantrum English

Meaning tantrum meaning

What does tantrum mean?

Definitions in simple English

tantrum Noun

— A tantrum is a childish way to show that you are angry. Her toddler son threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.

tantrum

— noun (= fit, scene) a display of bad temper he had a fit she threw a tantrum he made a scene

Synonyms tantrum synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as tantrum?

tantrum English » English

fit

scene

conniption

temper tantrum

wrathiness

wrath

whim

wailing

temper

spleen

snit

rage

outburst

miff

loud cry

ire

huffiness

huff

hissy fit

fury

fume

dudgeon

dander

choler

caprice

bawling

angriness

anger

aggravation

Topics tantrum topics

What do people use tantrum to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

• What words refer to feeling very angry?
  enraged furious furiously incensed infuriated irate livid full of resentment seething be on the warpath wrathful have a tantrum have a temper tantrum boiling mad
• What words refer to acting in an angry manner?
  make a scene huff have a tantrum throw a tantrum outburst shake your fist stamp your foot let off steam rant rave scowl pout

Examples tantrum examples

How do I use tantrum in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom threw a tantrum and smashed his chair into pieces.

You never know when he's going to throw another tantrum.

Tom had a temper tantrum.

Tom is having a tantrum.

Tom threw a temper tantrum.

Tom threw a tantrum.

Movie subtitles

You throw a mean tantrum.

Me. That was quite a temper tantrum back there.

A general in a tantrum over the failure of an impossible attack. orders his artillery to fire on his own men.

I know a tantrum when I see one and a badly spoiled child.

I can't unteach her six years of pity if you can't stand up to one tantrum.

Uh, Mr. Lowther. I am sure I need not suggest to you that we keep. the details of Miss Brodie's little. tantrum to ourselves.

You throw a tantrum every time you call and I'm not home.

It was like a tantrum.

I'm in no mood for a jealousy tantrum, Mr Hackett.

Will he throw a tantrum?

If you don't throw your usual tantrum, I'd like to ask you a question.

Your child is having a tantrum, Mr. Spock.

What's with the tantrum?

They are asked to help voluntarily, I loaded the furniture for hours. and you return and burst a tantrum.

A general in a tantrum over the failure of an impossible attack orders his artillery to fire on his own men.

Throwing a tantrum over a trivial bit of rubbish like this.

But if he were a human being, I'd say that he was having a tantrum.

Did you throw a temper tantrum in his stall every time you fired a trainer?

Should we be like children and throw a tantrum?

You throw a tantrum if I'm out when you call.

What if we give him a Colt? Will he throw a tantrum?

If you won't throw your usual tantrum, I'd like to ask you a question.

Your child is having a tantrum, Mr Spock.

Think of it as a child's tantrum over a rice pudding.

We require a thorough annual physical of all our people and what with Walt's little tantrum Internal Affairs is determined to enforce this rule and I'm talking about on pain of suspension, old boy.

Multiple personalities with a splash of schizophrenia. That would explain Mummy's little tantrum.

You can be a man now and forget your petty little snit. or you can go on with your tantrum while all of us and the whole Southwest. gets blown away forever.

This is enough of your willful tantrum.

We can't throw money out of the window like that For a tantrum! 400 lire!

He threw a tantrum in the street, He slammed his bag down at his feet.

Sometimes, if they throw a tantrum.

Margarita threw herself into a tantrum! She asked me to bring you home.

Do you realize. you could have killed him with your little tantrum?

Great idea, throw a tantrum.

Stop the tantrum!

Hey, Marge, after your big tantrum against legalized gambling. I bet it feels pretty weird to be in a casino.

And you're wasting it on a tantrum.

He loves to shock and when ignored, throws a tantrum.

Please, you call that a tantrum?

News and current affairs

And the markets have come to depend much more on the Fed, expecting more frequent attention and support from it (and throwing a short tantrum when they feel disappointed, as was the case a year ago).

Roh's suicide is a disaster for his family and a national shame, while North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's nuclear blast is something of a temper tantrum, but one which may have dire consequences for the two Koreas and the world.

Seeking dialogue with North Korea immediately after its missile tantrum and nuclear brinkmanship is unwise and impractical.

If it does, it will be a transforming event of grand strategy, beside which Desert Storm will seem to be just a temper tantrum of a technocratic adolescent with hi-tech toys.

For starters, whereas the 2013 taper tantrum caught markets by surprise, the Fed's intention to hike rates this year, clearly stated over many months, will not.

Unlike the taper tantrum and the devaluation of the renminbi, the Fed's rate-hike announcement on December 16 certainly was no surprise.