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adjective

ˈfō-miŋ How to pronounce foaming (audio)
Definition of foamingnext
as in ballistic
feeling or showing anger was so upset that he was really foaming

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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

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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
According to Amazon shoppers, one foaming facial cleanser is worth adding to your lineup. — Claire West, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 The 4-year-old girl was foaming at the mouth and unconscious when the man pulled her from the water, prompting him to call 911 and start CPR, the report stated. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foaming
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foaming
  1. ballistic
  2. steaming
  3. angry
  4. raging
  5. indignant
  6. boiling
  7. enraged
  8. storming
Adjective
  • Investigators recovered ballistic evidence but have little information about what led to the shooting, Butler said.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Sanon is also accused obtaining an arsenal of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests, culminating in the dead-of-night operation coordinated by his allies to storm Moïse’s private residence.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of ballistic
Verb
  • 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
Definition of steaming
Adjective
  • Carmella is also still mad at Vicki for saying that Danny is raising her kids, and Heather is angry after learning that Vicki called her fake in Palm Springs.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Henriette Reker, who served two terms as the mayor of Cologne, Germany, until last year, survived an assassination attempt, in 2015, by a far-right assailant angry about migration.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of angry
Verb
  • That is the question plaguing university leaders across the country, and nowhere is the debate raging more fiercely these days than at the University of California.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Twenty-five campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian all-girls camp were killed as the raging Guadalupe River surged beyond its banks before dawn on July 4, 2025.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of raging
Adjective
  • The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to the conflicts of interest rife in this administration.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Online, fans and critics alike left indignant comments on Becky’s social media — dressing her down for presenting as an empowered woman, while welcoming back a penitent Lletget.
    — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of indignant
Verb
  • This woman is just one boiling bunny removed from a restraining order and Wilde amusingly plays it for all its worth.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Both are distillates, produced by boiling crude oil and then cooling it back into liquid form.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of boiling
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
  • The man then appears to stab and slash the tires of a bicycle in front of the building before storming off, the video shows.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Their new perch at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea after storming down Yemen’s coast this month gives them better surveillance of passing ships on one of the world’s busiest waterways.
    — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of storming

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“Foaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foaming. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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