Synonyms of steaming

steaming 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

she was steaming after hearing that she was being slandered by someone who had once been her best friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• ballistic
• indignant
• enraged
• furious
• mad
• infuriated
• outraged
• angered
• infuriate
• hot
• sore
• foaming
• fuming
• rabid
• passionate
• bent out of shape
• hot under the collar
• irate
• in a pet
• in a huff
• livid
• inflamed
• apoplectic
• blue in the face
• hopping mad
• boiling
• wrathful
• incensed
• hopping
• annoyed
• in a fume
• fit to be tied
• irritable
• choleric
• riled
• cheesed off
• ireful
• wroth
• steamed up
• roiled
• going crook
• shirty
• horn-mad
• seething
• ticked
• sizzling
• burning
• aggravated
• smoldering
• rankled
• teed off
• bristling
• cross
• exasperated
• ranting
• riley
• unpleasant
• virulent
• cold
• worked up
• stormy
• acrid
• icy
• raving
• vitriolic
• frigid
• bristly
• malevolent
• antagonistic
• vengeful
• spiteful
• distant
• acrimonious
• vindictive
• disagreeable
• wrought (up)
• sulky
• embittered
• rancorous
• resentful
• huffy
• inflammable
• bilious
• inimical
• disapproving
• testy
• dyspeptic
• bitter
• antisocial
• petulant
• antipathetic
• cool
• unfriendly
• belligerent
• perturbed
• peevish
• fretful
• cantankerous
• churlish
• irascible
• snappish
• grumpy
• pugnacious
• crabby
• grouchy
• touchy
• ornery
• cranky
• contentious
• fussy
• contrary
• querulous
• bearish
• piqued
• ill-tempered
• quarrelsome
• argumentative
• put out
• sorehead
• disputatious
• ill-humored
• quick-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• delighted
• content
• pleased
• agreeable
• accommodating
• amenable
• friendly
• cordial
• happy
• complaisant
• angerless
• satisfied
• obliging
• sympathetic
• amicable
• calm
• tolerant
• understanding
• sweet
• pacific
• pleasant
• placid
• kind
• serene
• tranquil
• empathetic
• peaceable
• amiable
• genial
• good-natured
• affable
• easygoing
• unembittered
• good-tempered

steaming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of steam

as in boiling

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boiling
• raging
• burning
• storming
• foaming
• seething
• sizzling
• fuming
• shaking
• agitating
• rankling
• smoldering
• ranting
• seeing red
• fulminating
• raving
• bristling
• stewing
• roiling
• inflaming
• flaring (up)
• chafing
• convulsing
• fretting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of steaming

Verb

Shawn, his parents, and the stranger were sitting around the dining table, their bowls of rice steaming before them, when the knock came. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Exhibiting a pile of hot, steaming garbage might have been more transgressive than showing these sculptures. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Airing garments out, steaming them or spot-treating stains can stretch the time between cycles. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Instead, try airing garments out, steaming them or spot-cleaning small stains. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

In the scene, Brunson is steaming his blue Knicks jersey while Hargitay steams a dress for the show. — Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The perfect pot pie is flaky on top, steaming inside, and 100% delicious. — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026

Over boxes of donuts and steaming coffee cups, faith leaders, immigrant rights advocates and community members gathered at the Capitol Tuesday morning to rally behind legislation that would impose financial penalties on private detention centers. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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, 28 Aug. 2026