| Main Entry: | tantrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit |
Synonyms: |
anger, animosity, conniption, dander, flare-up, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, outburst, storm*, temper, temper tantrum, wax |
Antonyms: |
calm, contentment, peace |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence |
Antonyms: |
agreeability, calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, pleasantness |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
Synonyms: |
access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, conniption, convulsion, epileptic attack, frenzy, humor, jumps, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, hard feelings |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, conniption, displeasure, explosion, fit, flare-up, huff, indignation, ire, miff, needle, outburst, pique, resentment, scene, tantrum, tizzy, umbrage, wounded feelings, wrath |
Antonyms: |
happiness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | outburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit of temper |
Synonyms: |
access, attack, blow, burst, conniption, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval |
Antonyms: |
harmony, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding, wrath |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
glee, happiness |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of emotion |
Synonyms: |
carrying-on, commotion, confrontation, exhibition, fit, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, temper tantrum, to-do, upset |
Antonyms: |
composure |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
Antonyms: |
happiness |
| Main Entry: | tiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
Synonyms: |
altercation, bad mood, bickering, difference, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, fit, huff, miff, pet, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, sulk, tantrum, temper, words, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agreement, harmony |
| Main Entry: | conniption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
Synonyms: |
blowup, conniption fit, fit, hissie fit, hissy fit, huff, outburst, scene, tantrum |