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Vinony

make a scene

  1. to exhibit anger or indecorous behavior; make trouble or a commotion
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verb

  1. To bring unnecessary attention to oneself, especially through a public expression of tumultuous emotion.

    “I saw, though he tried to conceal it, that he was very much hurt at your behaviour, and I was sure, by his looks, that he did not think my jealous apprehension groundless; however, he protested he did, and persuaded me not to make a scene by arriving her in the middle of the night […]”

    “The next time I saw Miss Churm after this incident she surprised me greatly by making a scene about it—she accused me of having wished to humiliate her.”