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.