Hissy

Quick meaning: Hissy is an adjective meaning Accompanied with hisses.

Meaning

Accompanied with hisses.

More Meanings

1. Making a hissing sound.
2. Childish or petulant.
3. (US) A tantrum, a fit.

Example Sentences

get into a hissy

Midwestern-bred and still wholesome despite his exposure to New York’s hissiest, Sam remains the play’s anchor.

Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"

Each is very inexpensive ($60 per two-pack for the Midland, $100 a pair for the Audiovox), and feels it. Each is also tiny, no bigger than a bar of Ivory. Both are far hissier than their more expensive rivals, and don't have as much range (more on this in a moment).

Word Forms

• hissier
• hissiest
• hissies

Synonyms for hissy

Depending on context, synonyms include hissing, sibilant, infantile, milky, bad-tempered, huffy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fizzy, sibilatory, hooty, whuffly, chirrupy, snuffly.

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