hissyfitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of histrionics.

名詞

hissyfit (plural hissyfits)

1. Alternative form of hissy fit

   I told him I would be late and he had a hissyfit.

参考

• conniption / conniption fit

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名詞

hissy fit (plural hissy fits)

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

   Synonyms: tantrum, outburst, shit fit, snit fit, (UK) wobbler; see also Thesaurus:tantrum

   • 1993 July 26, Joy Overbeck, “Sex, Kids and the Slut Look”, in Newsweek, page 8:

     As for me, I don't care anymore if my kid has a hissy fit in the junior department.

   • 1996 May 13, David E. Thigpen, “If You Could Hear Her Now”, in Time:

     Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"

   • 2024 October 5, Camilla Tominey, “I’m still waiting to hear the reason why I was dumped by the Conservatives”, in The Telegraph:

     One of the supposedly great hopes for the future of the party hasn’t even got the guts to admit that they threw a conference hissy fit