Usually means: Angry or irritable; characterized by hissing.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word hissy:

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  1. hissy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hissy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hissy, hissy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hissy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Hissy, hissy: Wordnik
  6. hissy (fit): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hissy: Wiktionary
  8. hissy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hissy: Dictionary.com
  10. hissy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hissy: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hissy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hissy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hissy)

▸ adjective:  Accompanied with hisses.
▸ adjective:  Making a hissing sound.
▸ adjective:  Childish or petulant.
▸ noun:  (US) A tantrum, a fit.

Similar:
fizzy, sibilatory, hooty, whuffly, chirrupy, snuffly, sibilant, rhonchisonant, humming, sizzling, more...

Opposite:
calm, composed, collected, tranquil, serene

Phrases:
hissy fit, hissy fits, Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit, more...



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Similar:
fizzy, sibilatory, hooty, whuffly, chirrupy, snuffly, sibilant, rhonchisonant, humming, sizzling, more...

Opposite:
calm, composed, collected, tranquil, serene

Phrases:
hissy fit, hissy fits, Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit, more...



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