temper-tantrumy

English

Etymology

From temper tantrum +‎ -y.

Adjective

temper-tantrumy (comparative more temper-tantrumy, superlative most temper-tantrumy)

1. (rare) Having or tending to have a temper tantrum.
   • 1976 February 7, Judith Edwards, “‘The Chinese Wall:’ Moving, Unusual Treatment”, in The Burlington Free Press, 148th year, number 38, page 8, column 5:

     Peter Kurth plays the temper-tantrumy, ineffectual emperor well.

   • 1982, Ruth P. Kane, “The Family’s Role in Primary Prevention”, in Mary Frank, editor, Primary Prevention for Children and Families (Journal of Children in Contemporary Society; volume 14, numbers 2/3), New York, N.Y., London: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 31:

     Her behavior was that of a temper-tantrumy, 2½-year-old child; so was that of her mother.

   • 2020, Jen Sincero, Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick, John Murray Learning, →ISBN:

     […] that embracing who you truly are is about accepting yourself through all of it—when you’re at your most victorious, your most irritable, your most temper-tantrumy, and your most vulnerable.

Related terms

• tantrumy