An instance of deep or violent anger; a fit or spell of ire or fierce indignation.

A fit or display of wrath; = wrath, n. 2.

Anger.

A fit or bout of anger (in sense 2a). Obsolete.

figurative. An outburst of passion, envy, or anger; a freak, a whim. Obsolete.

A fit of anger, an irritable or angry mood. Chiefly in phrase in a fume.

A fit of temper; an outburst of anger or rage. Esp. in to fly (also fall) into a passion. in a passion: violently angry.

fustian fume: a great display of anger. So fustian anger. Obsolete.

Excitement, passion, fury. Frequently as in a ruff. Obsolete.

An outburst of temper; a rage. Cf. pelt, v.1 3a. Now English regional (chiefly midlands and south-western).

With a. A fit of temper; a passion. Also transferred. Obsolete exc. archaic.

figurative. A sudden kindling up of passion as of a fire; a violent outburst.

A gust or sudden swell of anger or arrogance.

figurative. Tempest of wrath, blast of envy, etc.

a burst of passion: see flaw, n.2 2.

The action of overboil, v.

Figurative and metaphorical uses of sense 4. An event or act likened to an explosion in its suddenness, violence, destructiveness, or intensity; an…

figurative. A disturbance or commotion; a quarrel; a storm. U.S. A bad temper.

An outbreak of anger; a quarrel, disturbance, row. dialect and U.S.

figurative. A vehement outbreak of anger; a violent commotion.

Hence colloquial in various hyperbolical phrases, as to scream oneself into fits, to throw (a person) into fits. Also, to beat (a person, a thing)…

A flare-up; an altercation; an argument, a strong disagreement. Also in extended use.

Angry feeling; a fit of anger; chiefly to be in a wax.

British slang. Chiefly with lower-case initial. Originally: †an irritable or bad-tempered person (obsolete). Later: a fit of bad temper, a bad…

colloquial (chiefly regional). A rage, a temper; a state of agitation.

In plural. British colloquial. Unpleasant or angry reactions to an event; protests; complaints.

A display of anger or exaggerated behaviour; a fuss, a scene; (also) a difficult, time-consuming, or annoying action or procedure.

An act of flinging out; a bad-tempered or ill-natured outburst.

slang. A fit of anger. Obsolete.

figurative. A sudden utterance or expression of anger or other violent feeling; an ‘explosion’.

= flare-up, n. 2b.

A fit of bad temper; a rage.

colloquial. A fit of temper, a rage; a hot temper. Esp. in in a paddy. Cf. paddywhack, n. 4.

= paddy, n.2 5. Obsolete. rare.

U.S. slang. A fit or spasm, esp. as simulated by a drug addict; frequently in to throw a wingding. Also in weakened sense, a furious outburst.

(a) (see quot. 1933 at sense 1); (b) a pretended fit; a wild outburst.

A fit of temper or a tantrum, likened hyperbolically to an epileptic fit; (occasionally literal) an epileptic fit.