conniption
noun
con·nip·tion
kə-ˈnip-shən 
: a fit of rage, hysteria, or alarm
went into conniptions
He had a conniption when his favorite TV program was preempted by a political speech.
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Hemmed in by volcanic mountains, Lake Kivu, and the Rwandan border, the city is the home base of an activist group that is sending the government into conniptions.
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Stuart A. Reid, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
After the Inflation Reduction Act passed Congress without a single Republican vote, GOP lawmakers threw a conniption over the IRS appropriation.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Recent excesses in prosecutions/persecutions and intramural power grabs that then spark self-righteous conniption fits make a spectacle of shamelessness that cries out for ridicule.
—Armond White, National Review, 6 Oct. 2023
The fine-tuning ends only during the technical rehearsals, when any further changes would give the designers, board operators and stage managers conniption fits.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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Stuart A. Reid, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
After the Inflation Reduction Act passed Congress without a single Republican vote, GOP lawmakers threw a conniption over the IRS appropriation.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Recent excesses in prosecutions/persecutions and intramural power grabs that then spark self-righteous conniption fits make a spectacle of shamelessness that cries out for ridicule.
—Armond White, National Review, 6 Oct. 2023
The fine-tuning ends only during the technical rehearsals, when any further changes would give the designers, board operators and stage managers conniption fits.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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“Conniption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conniption. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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