fume
Stew in anger
Fume refers to smoke, vapor, or gas—especially when irritating or toxic: exhaust fumes, paint fumes.
The verb means to emit such vapors, or figuratively, to seethe with anger: She fumed at the delay.
Someone who is fuming is visibly agitated, anger rising off them like smoke.
Airborne combustion byproduct
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- mistFine airborne moisture
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
emanation · exhalation · whiff · miasma · effluvium · reek · cloud · billow
Boil with quiet rage
- rageIntense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
incensed · infuriated · irate · enraged · boil · indignation · outrage · resentment
Discharged substance or act
- tailpipeVehicle's emission outlet
- mufflerSound-dampening exhaust component
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
carbon monoxide · pollution · engine · catalytic converter · particulate · soot · smog · traffic
Harmful, especially when inhaled
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
acrid · pungent · irritant · chemical · solvent · industrial · asphyxiant · suffocating
smoke
Airborne combustion byproduct
haze · emanation · exhalation · whiff · miasma · effluvium · reek · cloud · billow · waft
seethe
Boil with quiet rage
livid · incensed · infuriated · irate · enraged · boil · indignation · outrage · resentment · vexation
emission
Discharged substance or act
- tailpipeVehicle's emission outlet
- mufflerSound-dampening exhaust component
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
combustion · carbon monoxide · pollution · engine · catalytic converter · particulate · soot · smog · traffic · automobile
noxious
Harmful, especially when inhaled
caustic · acrid · pungent · irritant · chemical · solvent · industrial · asphyxiant · suffocating · ventilation
rant
Angry prolonged outburst
rail · snap · spout · harangue · gripe · grumble · protest · storm · explode · blow up
- running on fumesFunctioning despite exhaustion
- exhaust fumesCombustion gases from engines
- run on fumesPersist while nearly depleted
- toxic fumesHarmful airborne vapors
- paint fumesVapors from wet coatings
- diesel fumesCombustion byproduct from trucks
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