Synonyms of foaming

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adjective

ˈfō-miŋ 

as in ballistic

feeling or showing anger

was so upset that he was really foaming

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

foaming

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verb

present participle of foam

as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of foaming

Adjective

Look for scrub-free foaming bathroom cleaners that are labeled as safe for your surface, or try one of the methods below. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026

One way to help keep your skin barrier intact is to use a creamy moisturizing cleanser instead of a foaming cleanser. — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025

Verb

Looking out at an endless expanse of ocean blue while the foaming tide rolls in is enough to put anyone in a vacation state of mind. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026

According to Amazon shoppers, one foaming facial cleanser is worth adding to your lineup. — Claire West, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026