tantrummy

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 (2011), →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 (2014), →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 (2014), →ISBN, page 67:

     How tantrummy and hysterical she sounded.