FULMINATE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

fulminate

verb

ˈfu̇l-mə-ˌnāt

as in to huff

to talk loudly and wildly she was embarrassed when her friend began fulminating at the restaurant about what's wrong with today's kids

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Recent Examples of fulminate Michael McFaul: The tragic success of global Putinism The European far right traditionally fulminated against Atlanticism, decrying the United States as the fulcrum of a global liberal order from which Europeans must de-link. —

Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025 In Europe and the U.S., far-right politicians fulminated that the West was under siege. —

Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence. —

George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 The comments came as Trump loyalists have been fulminating against each other online for days over the H-1B visas. —

Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fulminate

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Difluoroethane is a gas often used in cans of compressed air, which can be huffed to produce a high, while alprazolam is the generic form of brand-name Xanax.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Meanwhile, Spurs, under their third manager of the season, were huffing and puffing in their attempts to blow Wolves’ defence down.

— Matt Slater, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026