fuming

Steaming with rage

Fuming means giving off fumes or smoke, but the word appears most often in its figurative sense: extremely angry, seething with barely contained rage.

Someone who is fuming may not be shouting but is visibly upset: She was still fuming about the insult hours later.

He sat fuming in the waiting room.

angry

irate

Extremely angry

furious · seething · wrathful · indignant · infuriated · outraged · apoplectic · exasperated · resentful · boiling

vapor

smoke

Airborne combustion byproduct

haze · smog · soot · noxious · toxic · airborne · pollution · chimney · smokestack · billowing

chemistry

volatile

Liable to sudden change

reagent · distillation · nitric · sulfuric · corrosive · laboratory · hazardous · chemical · reaction · oxidizing

Categories
Opposites
emotional state

fumingcalm

Free from agitation

serene · tranquil · peaceful · placid · unperturbed

composure/self-control

fumingcomposed

Calm and self-possessed

collected · cool · unruffled · poised · imperturbable

emotional valence/mood

fumingoverjoyed

Extremely pleased, intensely glad

delighted · elated · ecstatic · thrilled · blissful

Phrases
Family

fumigate, fumigation, fumigator, fumigated

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G