Usually means: Angry outburst over trivial matter.
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  1. hissy fit: Merriam-Webster
  2. hissy fit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hissy fit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hissy fit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hissy-fit: Wordnik
  6. hissy fit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hissy-fit, hissy fit: Wiktionary
  8. hissy fit: Dictionary.com
  9. hissy fit: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. hissy fit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hissy fit: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hissy fit)

▸ noun:  (informal) A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.

Similar:
hissy-fit, hissyfit, hissy, snit fit, bitchfit, shit-fit, headfit, bitch-fit, moment, hummer, more...

Opposite:
composure, calmness, serenity, tranquility, poise

Types:
tantrum, paddy, strop, sulk, snit, tizzy, huff, pout, more...

Phrases:
Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit, more...

Adjectives:
fussed, paddy, hissy, narking, miffed, henpecked, dratted, cussed, aerated, hopping mad, cynical

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Similar:
hissy-fit, hissyfit, hissy, snit fit, bitchfit, shit-fit, headfit, bitch-fit, moment, hummer, more...

Opposite:
composure, calmness, serenity, tranquility, poise

Types:
tantrum, paddy, strop, sulk, snit, tizzy, huff, pout, more...

Phrases:
Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit, more...

Adjectives:
fussed, paddy, hissy, narking, miffed, henpecked, dratted, cussed, aerated, hopping mad, cynical



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