fume
noun
[ fjuːm ]
• an amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.
• "clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars"
fume
verb
• feel, show, or express great anger.
• "‘We simply cannot have this’, she fumed"
Similar:
be furious,
be enraged,
be angry,
seethe,
smoulder,
simmer,
boil,
be livid,
be incensed,
bristle,
be beside oneself,
spit,
chafe,
rage,
rant and rave,
lose one's temper,
lose control,
explode,
flare up,
go berserk,
bluster,
be up in arms,
be hot under the collar,
be at boiling point,
be all steamed up,
get steamed up,
get worked up,
fly off the handle,
foam at the mouth,
raise the roof,
flip one's lid,
blow one's top,
hit the roof,
go up the wall,
blow a fuse,
see red,
spit feathers,
• emit gas or vapour.
• "fragments of lava hit the ground, fuming and sizzling"
• expose (something, especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.
• "you can fume the wood with industrial-strength ammonia."
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French fumer (verb), from Latin fumare ‘to smoke’.
