Associations to the word «Conniption»

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Wiktionary

CONNIPTION, noun. (informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
CONNIPTION, noun. A fit of laughing; convulsion.
CONNIPTION FIT, noun. Anger or panic expressed verbally loudly and with overt bodily gestures.
CONNIPTION FITS, noun. Plural of conniption fit

Dictionary definition

CONNIPTION, noun. A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King