Fuming

Quick meaning: Fuming is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of fume.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of fume.

More Meanings

1. That which fumes.
2. Very angry.
3. The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.

Example Sentences

fuming nitric acid

Then Rublev was left fuming when the opening point of the next game had to be replayed after his shot was called wide.

He fumed, and threatened, and stormed; but his fumings, and threatenings, and stormings, were powerless to turn from him the keen edge of public ridicule.

And endlessly you'd read his fumings against the running dogs of capitalism, against the lackeys and the lumpen — and against you for being unable to collect a bill from his debtor.

Word Forms

• fumings

Synonyms for fuming

Depending on context, synonyms include agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fumigate, smoke, reek, irate, smoking, fulminant.

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