temper tantrum

noun

1. tantrum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of temper tantrum¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman revealed the details of the GOP candidate’s latest temper tantrum during a CNN interview Wednesday night with Kaitlan Collins.

From Salon

Mets relief pitcher Jorge López threw a temper tantrum during a blowout loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Each of us was, at any given time, one captain’s announcement away from a temper tantrum, but we were also competitively careful to be polite to one another and to the airline staff, as if determined to demonstrate that those wild videos of short-tempered passengers being duct-taped to their seats did not represent us, the makeshift civilization of this departure lounge.

From New York Times

Greene, meanwhile, is having a monumental temper tantrum, ostensibly because Johnson managed to avoid shutting down the government by making a deal with Democrats to keep it funded through next fall.

From Salon

Instead of conceding and turning the page, we were treated to a nuclear-powered temper tantrum, and the most loathsome behavior by a political loser in history, which ended with the attempted coup.

From Salon

Related Words

• flare-up
• outburst
• temper