Synonyms for tantrum
ˈtæn trəmtantrum

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1. tantrumnoun

   An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

   Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.

   Synonyms:
   dummy spit, hissy fit

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1. fit, tantrum, scene, conniptionnoun

   a display of bad temper

   "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"

   Synonyms:
   vista, panorama, setting, aspect, picture, fit, paroxysm, shot, prospect, conniption, convulsion, scenery, scene, view, burst

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1. • Bad Temper

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1. List of paraphrases for "tantrum":

   anger, wrath

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How to use tantrum in a sentence?

1. Jim Caron:

   A taper tantrum is unlikely to happen. But we have to wait to see how Jerome Powell discusses the rate hiking cycle.

2. Melissa Curran:

   Shutting down the government because Donald Trump wanted to stomp Donald Trump feet over this wall, I mean this is an Air Force town -- so many people were affected by Donald Trump tantrum.

3. Brian Whitney:

   When I go on the road and I'm in Dubai or Adelaide, there's nobody else to drive carpool, handle ice-skating or a temper tantrum. There's nobody else to handle the bills, she has to do it all alone.

4. Ed Yardeni:

   It's a bit of a tapering tantrum.

5. Salman Baig:

   A rising dollar makes dollar-denominated EM debts more expensive for local borrowers, thereby causing investors to demand higher premiums for bearing this risk, it also seems many EM countries are not in much better shape than they were during the 2013 tantrum.