Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hissy fit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: hissy -fit
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.

Informal

Example Sentences

"As for me, I don't care anymore if my kid has a hissy fit in the junior department."
"Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!""
"One of the supposedly great hopes for the future of the party hasn’t even got the guts to admit that they threw a conference hissy fit"

Etymology

Clipping of histrionics.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

hissy fits (plural)

Synonyms

tantrum outburst shit fit snit fit wobbler catfit conniption conniption fit dummy spit headfit hissy hissy fit

Questions

What does hissy fit mean?: A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.
Where does hissy fit come from?: Clipping of histrionics.

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