tantrummy

English

Etymology

tantrum +‎ -y

Adjective

tantrummy (comparative more tantrummy, superlative most tantrummy)

  1. Prone to, or characteristic of, tantrums.
    • 2011, Hilary Duff, Devoted, Simon & Schuster BFYR, →ISBN, page 12:
      She gave a tantrummy stomp, but again her eyes were disconnected from her words and actions.
    • 2014, Susanne Antonetta, Make Me a Mother: A Memoir, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 130:
      I spiraled down into all the warnings I had ever received about adopted children from family, from misinformed people I barely knew, instead of thinking: at three kids get tantrummy.
    • 2014, Abbie Taylor, The Stranger on the Train, Atria, →ISBN, page 67:
      How tantrummy and hysterical she sounded.
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