conniption
(noun)
noun
1. a display of bad temper
Similar word(s): fit, scene, tantrum
Definition categories: state
Sentences with conniption as a noun:
- When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
- ...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)
- The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.