1
as in to steam
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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2
as in to storm
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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Recent Examples of fume
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Run a blower to remove any fumes from closed or tight spaces.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Melvin was fuming during the top half of the first inning.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
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Verb
What’s worse, chemical fumes can pose health risks and linger longer if your home is kept tightly locked at night.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Run a blower to remove any fumes from closed or tight spaces.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
Noun
Crochet looked the part in the series-opener, a 2-1, 10-inning, walk-off Red Sox win that left the Yankees fuming over a replay review and two ejections.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Melvin was fuming during the top half of the first inning.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fume
Verb
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After the rice has steamed, fluff it gently with a fork to separate the grains.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
17 July 2025
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There are several ways to prepare peas, including boiling, roasting, sautéing, microwaving, air frying, or steaming.—
Julie Marks,
Verywell Health,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Is it expected to storm over the weekend in Grand Rapids?—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
11 July 2025
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Just over 1 kilometer to the west on Hardware Lane – one of the city’s most popular areas for restaurants and nightlife – about 20 protesters stormed into an Israeli restaurant, chanting slogans, police said.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Consider limiting outdoor activity when moderate to heavy smoke is present.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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The Grand Canyon South Rim remains open, but visitors should be cognizant of extreme heat, smoke and degraded air quality.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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In the end, the Houston criminal defense lawyer wrote in a moving post on social media, only the raging waters of the Guadalupe River could separate them.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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State Farm, for example, has received nearly 13,000 claims and paid out more than $4.2 billion to California homeowners who suffered losses during the devastating wildfires that raged across the Los Angeles area in January, according to an update posted this week on its website.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 July 2025
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There are both federal regulations and state regulations for cloud seeding and other forms of weather modification.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
12 July 2025
Verb
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
Noun
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But in a book Kennedy published about four years ago, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health, the now- health secretary harkens back to the miasma theory.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
14 June 2025
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Attempting to show that cholera was modulated by climate, Acland inadvertently contributed to the miasma’s demise.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Come for the beloved Sunday dinner and dig into foaming lemon butter asparagus and rhubarb and strawberry short cake.—
Hannah Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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According to the Harry Potter website, the beverage could be served warm and foaming in tankards or cold in bottles and tasted like a less-sweet butterscotch.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Fume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fume. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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