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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit |
| Synonyms: | anger, animosity, conniption, dander, flare-up, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, outburst, storm*, temper, temper tantrum, wax |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentment, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, conniption, convulsion, epileptic attack, frenzy, humor, jumps, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, hard feelings |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, conniption, displeasure, explosion, fit, flare-up, huff, indignation, ire, miff, needle, outburst, pique, resentment, scene, tantrum, tizzy, umbrage, wounded feelings, wrath |
| Antonyms: | happiness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | outburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit of temper |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, burst, conniption, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval |
| Antonyms: | harmony, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding, wrath |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of emotion |
| Synonyms: | carrying-on, commotion, confrontation, exhibition, fit, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, temper tantrum, to-do, upset |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | composure |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, bad mood, bickering, difference, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, fit, huff, miff, pet, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, sulk, tantrum, temper, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conniption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
| Synonyms: | blowup, conniption fit, fit, hissie fit, hissy fit, huff, outburst, scene, tantrum |
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