Tantrum
['tæntrəm]
Definition
(n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
Typed by Hester
Definition
n. a capricious fit of ill-temper without adequate cause.
Edited by Darrell
Examples
- Because, before you went into any tantrum about yourself, who are--' 'Hold there, Flintwinch! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Besides, said Miss Abbot, God will punish her: He might strike her dead in the midst of her tantrums, and then where would she go? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Samantha