HISSY FIT


Meaning of HISSY FIT in English

noun

[ C , usually sing. ] ( informal ) a state of being bad-tempered and unreasonable

SYN tantrum :

She threw a hissy fit because her dressing room wasn't painted blue.

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WORD ORIGIN

1930s (as hissy ): perhaps from hysterics via Latin from Greek husterikos of the womb, from hustera womb (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.