FUMING Synonyms: 218 Similar and Opposite Words

fuming 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger I was fuming after losing the game by a single point

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fuming

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verb

present participle of fume

as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau

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as in storming

to express one's anger usually violently when she found out her driver's license was being suspended, she fumed, throwing papers across the room and shouting at the top of her lungs

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Keeley and Rebecca, on the other hand, are fuming at the IMPLIED declaration that Rebecca is some sort of woman hating monster. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 And when the police station was still functioning weeks later, Curtin was fuming. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 Jenny was left fuming after the stunning admission and eventually stormed off into her tent. — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 After taking the first set 6-3, Džumhur was fuming when a let was not called by umpire Greg Allensworth on one of his serves during the second set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Trump has been fuming about its revelations, and a parlor game around who-leaked-what has been underway in DC since excerpts first appeared in the Times. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026 Johnson and other Republican leaders soon faced a room of fuming members who do not typically cause headaches for leadership or hold up votes. — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 May 2026 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was left fuming at full-time after watching his side get the penalty decision overturned after a VAR review. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026 Other gamers are fuming that Microsoft has also changed its policies to block users from redeeming Reward points to pay for Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuming

Adjective

Much of the work is also focused on building guardrails to protect clients from lawsuits — coming from business partners, local officials, or angry neighbors — in an industry that has an increasingly visible target on its back.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Though nothing about the current situation is ideal, there’s no clear way to hop off without ensuring certain doom at the hands of a large, angry cat.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of angry

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Each bite was unique — a pocket of cold sour cream here, the cheese only partially melted there, the last crisp cry of the ever-steaming French fries yonder.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Their sound was described as a hybrid mixing elements of rock, blues and funk into a steaming-hot Houston stew.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of steaming

Verb

Such mutinous talk only heightened conservative Justices’ sense that the barbarians were storming the gate.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Davis Polk's client note describes the package as continuing bombardment rather than storming the beaches, built from existing authorities.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of storming

Adjective

Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
As a consequence, Nadia’s enraged sponsors send her packing back to Europe.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

Verb

Late one August afternoon in a Manhattan editing suite, with thunder and lightning raging outside, a storm was also brewing inside.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Amid the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the unrest in the United States, jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal was asked whether cinema should be political.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of raging

Adjective

Myers was outraged, believing that his initial comment that spurred police involvement was constitutionally protected free speech.

— Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026
When Lands’ End featured an interview with Steinem in its 2016 catalog, outraged readers threatened a boycott.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of outraged

Verb

Villains dating hot blondes has the traditional golf journalists seething while SeanJo, myself and Nightcaps legend Zach Dean sit back and just smile.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Ser Criston Cole, more than perhaps any other character in this story, is seething with resentment.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of seething

Adjective

But the Tampa-area English teacher said what qualifies as controversial is constantly evolving, sometimes because of just one indignant parent.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
But if state Democratic leaders simply chose a new nominee on their own, voters might be indignant.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of indignant

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