fuming

fume  (fym)

n.

1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.

2. A strong or acrid odor.

3. A state of resentment or vexation.

v. fumed, fum·ing, fumes

v.tr.

1. To subject to or treat with fumes.

2. To give off in or as if in fumes.

v.intr.

1. To emit fumes.

2. To rise in fumes.

3. To feel or show resentment or vexation.

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[Middle English, from Old French fum, from Latin fmus.]

Thesaurus

fuming

adjective furious, angry, raging, choked, roused, incensed, enraged, seething, pissed off (taboo slang), up in arms, incandescent, in a rage, on the warpath (informal), foaming at the mouth, at boiling point (informal), all steamed up (slang) He was still fuming over the remark.