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fume

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fume

1 to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau

Synonyms of fume

boil, burn, foam, rage, rankle, seethe, sizzle, steam, storm

Words Related to fume

fulminate, rant, rave

smolder (or smoulder)

bristle, flare (up), inflame (also enflame)

chafe, fret, stew

agitate, convulse, roil, shake

Phrases Synonymous with fume

see red

2 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

Synonyms of fume

bristle, rage, storm

Words Related to fume

blow up, flare (up), flip (out) [slang]

bluster, carry on, fulminate, rampage, rant, rave, take on

burn, foam, seethe, smolder (or smoulder), steam

chafe, fret, stew

Phrases Synonymous with fume

make a scene, run amok (or run amuck)

Near Antonyms of fume

allay, appease, pacify, soothe

check, choke (back), collect, compose, contain, curb, pocket, rein, repress, restrain, smother, stifle, strangle, subdue, suppress, swallow

moderate, temper, tone (down)

ease, let up, relax

calm, cool, hush, quell, quiet, settle, still

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