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tantrum

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈtæn.tɹʌm/
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  • rhymes with -æntɹʌm
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 N T R AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.
  • Baby Shawn threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To throw a tantrum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a display of bad temper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had a fit
  • she threw a tantrum
  • he made a scene

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fit, scene, conniption

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bad temper, ill temper

History

Etymology

From earlier tanterum. Further etymology unknown.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَوْرة غَضَب — often childish display of bad temper
  • Arabic: نَوْبة غَضَب — often childish display of bad temper
  • Arabic: سَوْرة (sawra) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Arabic: هَيَجان (hayajān) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Basque: haserrealdi — often childish display of bad temper
  • Central Bikol: urag-urag — often childish display of bad temper
  • Bulgarian: фасон (fason) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Bulgarian: тръшкане (trǎškane) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Catalan: enrabiada — often childish display of bad temper
  • Catalan: rebequeria — often childish display of bad temper
  • Catalan: enreveixinament — often childish display of bad temper
  • Catalan: rabiola — often childish display of bad temper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發脾氣 /发脾气 (fā píqi) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Czech: záchvat vzteku — often childish display of bad temper
  • Danish: raserianfald — often childish display of bad temper
  • Danish: hysterisk anfald — often childish display of bad temper
  • Danish: vredesanfald — often childish display of bad temper
  • Danish: raseriudbrud — often childish display of bad temper
  • Dutch: driftbui — often childish display of bad temper
  • Dutch: woedeaanval — often childish display of bad temper
  • Finnish: kiukunpuuska — often childish display of bad temper
  • Finnish: raivonpuuska — often childish display of bad temper
  • Finnish: raivari — often childish display of bad temper
  • Finnish: itkupotkuraivari — often childish display of bad temper
  • French: excès de colère — often childish display of bad temper
  • French: caprice — often childish display of bad temper
  • Galician: perrencha — often childish display of bad temper
  • Galician: rabecha — often childish display of bad temper
  • Galician: cabuxo — often childish display of bad temper
  • German: Wutanfall — often childish display of bad temper
  • German: Ausraster — often childish display of bad temper
  • German: Koller — often childish display of bad temper
  • German: Tobsuchtsanfall — often childish display of bad temper
  • Greek: νευράκια (nevrákia) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Greek: πείσματα (peísmata) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Hebrew: התקף זעם — often childish display of bad temper
  • Hungarian: hiszti — often childish display of bad temper
  • Hungarian: hisztéria — often childish display of bad temper
  • Hungarian: dühkitörés — often childish display of bad temper
  • Hungarian: cirkusz — often childish display of bad temper
  • Hungarian: rapli — often childish display of bad temper
  • Icelandic: bræðikast — often childish display of bad temper
  • Icelandic: illskukast — often childish display of bad temper
  • Italian: bizza — often childish display of bad temper
  • Italian: capriccio — often childish display of bad temper
  • Japanese: 癇癪 (kanshaku) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Japanese: ぎゃんなき (gyannaki) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Kapampangan: kasat — often childish display of bad temper
  • Māori: rūtakitanga — often childish display of bad temper
  • Māori: rūtānga — often childish display of bad temper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: raserianfall — often childish display of bad temper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: raseriutbrudd — often childish display of bad temper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slå seg vrang — often childish display of bad temper
  • Persian: کج خلقی — often childish display of bad temper
  • Persian: خشم — often childish display of bad temper
  • Persian: قهر — often childish display of bad temper
  • Polish: histeria — often childish display of bad temper
  • Portuguese: birra — often childish display of bad temper
  • Portuguese: chilique — often childish display of bad temper
  • Portuguese: piti — often childish display of bad temper
  • Portuguese: pirraça — often childish display of bad temper
  • Portuguese: choradeira — often childish display of bad temper
  • Romanian: pandalie — often childish display of bad temper
  • Romanian: toană — often childish display of bad temper
  • Russian: исте́рика (istérika) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Russian: при́ступ гнева (prístup gneva) — often childish display of bad temper
  • Serbo-Croatian: izljev bijesa — often childish display of bad temper
  • Serbo-Croatian: napad bijesa — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: rabieta — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: berrinche — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: pataleta — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: cortón — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: corajina — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: perrera — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: perreta — often childish display of bad temper
  • Spanish: chiripiorca — often childish display of bad temper
  • Swedish: raserianfall — often childish display of bad temper
  • Swedish: raseriutbrott — often childish display of bad temper
  • Swedish: vredesutbrott — often childish display of bad temper
  • Swedish: utbrott — often childish display of bad temper
  • Tagalog: pag-aalumihit — often childish display of bad temper
  • Tamil: ரகளை (rakaḷai) — often childish display of bad temper