Synonyms for tantrum
ˈtæn trəmtantrum

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1. tantrumnoun

   An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

   Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.

   Synonyms:
   dummy spit, hissy fit

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1. fit, tantrum, scene, conniptionnoun

   a display of bad temper

   "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"

   Synonyms:
   vista, panorama, setting, aspect, picture, fit, paroxysm, shot, prospect, conniption, convulsion, scenery, scene, view, burst

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1. • Bad Temper

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1. List of paraphrases for "tantrum":

   anger, wrath

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1. Salman Baig:

   A rising dollar makes dollar-denominated EM debts more expensive for local borrowers, thereby causing investors to demand higher premiums for bearing this risk, it also seems many EM countries are not in much better shape than they were during the 2013 tantrum.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   He asked (House) Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi, 'Will you agree to my wall?' She said no. And he just got up and said, 'Then we have nothing to discuss,' and he just walked out. Again, we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn't get his way.

3. Edward Moya:

   The biggest risks to the stock market are the Fed's taper tantrum and aggressive tax hikes.

4. Jim McCormick:

   Real yield in local currency debt relative to developed market debt is near an 8- to 10-year high, and somewhere between 150-200 bps above where we were right before the (2013) taper tantrum, it's not a great environment for local currency ... (but) the protection that you are being offered should get you through the worst part of the mess.

5. Mitch McConnells:

   Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society. My wife and I have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. We just hope our neighbors in Louisville aren't too inconvenienced by this radical tantrum, were's( sic) my money.