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fuming en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfjuːmɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. That which fumes.
    • fuming nitric acid
  2. Very angry.
    • Then Rublev was left fuming when the opening point of the next game had to be replayed after his shot was called wide. 2023 November 15, Kevin Core, “Rublev bloodies himself with his racket in frustration during loss to Alcaraz at ATP Finals”, in Seattle Times:
    • The first Premier League hat-trick by a Fulham player was taken in fine style, but it also exposed a slack defensive display which left QPR manager Neil Warnock fuming on the sidelines. 2011 October 2, Kevin Core, “Fulham 6 - 0 QPR”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

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more fuming Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fuming Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

frumious · fumingly

Synonyms

waxy · fury · irate · seething · blood-boiling · bad-tempered · upset · frustrated · cranky · hot · screwfaced · irritated · boiling mad · wrathful · livid · enraged · sore · glimflashy · apoplectic · furibund · p'd off · vexed · angry · grim · raging · pissed · fuming · zowerswopped · ireful · splenetic · little mad · cross · ready to be tied · pissed off · cheesed off · offended · agitated · ired · fit to be tied · wroth · furious · wode · pissy · steaming · big mad · hopping mad · up on one's ear · mad as a bear with a sore head · spitting chips · butthurt · ill-natured · mad · pathetic · miffed · annoyed · choleric · berserk · infuriated · incensed

fuming en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfjuːmɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.
    • 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. 1840, The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register:
    • Evaporate, fume again, cool and wash down the sides of the beaker and watch glass, and then fume again. Your fumings are necessary to remove the cupferron decomposition products and nitric acid from the solution. 1949, New Brunswick Laboratory, Assayer's Guide:
    • 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. 1986, John B. Sanford, The Waters of Darkness:

Forms

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fumings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

fuming sulphuric acid · white fuming nitric acid · red fuming nitric acid

fuming en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfjuːmɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of fume
    form of fume