fuming
adjective
[ ˈfjuːmɪŋ ]
• feeling, showing, or expressing great anger.
• "Smith was left fuming following the security breach"
fuming
noun
• the process of exposing wood to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.
• "fuming is a highly toxic process"
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’.
