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Synonyms for conniption

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-nip-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnɪp ʃən

Définition of conniption

Origin :
  • 1833, American English, origin uncertain; perhaps related to corruption, which was used in a sense of "anger" from 1799, or from English dialectal canapshus "ill-tempered, captious," probably a corruption of captious.
  • noun temper
Example sentences :
  • It isn't wise to have a conniption fit every time you lose a trick.
  • Extract from : « You Should Worry Says John Henry » by George V. Hobart
  • On the bank the Wildcat had launched into his third conniption fit.
  • Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley
  • That dog of yours, Carlyn May, will give Jimmy a conniption fit yet.
  • Extract from : « Carolyn of the Corners » by Ruth Belmore Endicott
  • She said she almost had a conniption fit but Emma kept hold of her.
  • Extract from : « Village Life in America 1852-1872 » by Caroline Cowles Richards
  • Amelia Ramsey would have had a conniption fit if she had known that her precious boy was working out.
  • Extract from : « By the Light of the Soul » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • “If you don't come away from that window and set on the sofa I shall have a conniption fit,” she said.
  • Extract from : « The Shoulders of Atlas » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • One of the lawyers took the horrors, and had to be taken home in a carriage—threw a conniption fit every block!
  • Extract from : « Yellowstone Nights » by Herbert Quick
  • Now, dont work yourself up into a conniption fit, chuckled Neale.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls on a Tour » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • So dont have a conniption fit right off, because Ive thought it all out and I know just exactly what I can do.
  • Extract from : « Three Little Women » by Gabrielle E. Jackson
  • Jim Barlow would have a conniption fit if he ever knew what Aurora Blank had said.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy's Triumph » by Evelyn Raymond

Antonyms for conniption

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