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as in raged
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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as in stormed
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 fumed
Indigenous men grieved but also fumed when women were attacked.
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Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Racial tensions surrounding Clark are especially high right now, after a group of racially idolatrous media members fumed outrage over her walking out with Morgan Wallen at his concert last weekend.
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Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
For years, Red Sox fans fumed over the Panda, a beloved Giant who morphed into an expensive New England disaster.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
Trump has similarly fumed at Thune, going so far as to refuse to sign bills until the SAVE America Act reaches his desk.
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David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
The vote came after a week of frustrations among some Republican lawmakers, who had fumed about previous attempts to censure Mills failing and accused their colleagues of cutting deals with Democrats to protect wrongdoers.
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Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
20 Nov. 2025
The Senate on Monday took important steps to end the federal government shutdown within a few days, as many California Democrats fumed about the crisis-ending deal.
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David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
But on Tuesday, when FIFA Collect administrators revealed that only Category 1 and 2 tickets — the most expensive tickets, and therefore the least coveted in FIFA’s first sales phase — would be available to the vast majority of RTB holders, some of the holders fumed.
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Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Racial tensions surrounding Clark are especially high right now, after a group of racially idolatrous media members fumed outrage over her walking out with Morgan Wallen at his concert last weekend.
—
Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
For years, Red Sox fans fumed over the Panda, a beloved Giant who morphed into an expensive New England disaster.
—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
Trump has similarly fumed at Thune, going so far as to refuse to sign bills until the SAVE America Act reaches his desk.
—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove.
—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
The vote came after a week of frustrations among some Republican lawmakers, who had fumed about previous attempts to censure Mills failing and accused their colleagues of cutting deals with Democrats to protect wrongdoers.
—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
20 Nov. 2025
The Senate on Monday took important steps to end the federal government shutdown within a few days, as many California Democrats fumed about the crisis-ending deal.
—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
But on Tuesday, when FIFA Collect administrators revealed that only Category 1 and 2 tickets — the most expensive tickets, and therefore the least coveted in FIFA’s first sales phase — would be available to the vast majority of RTB holders, some of the holders fumed.
—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fumed
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As the party raged on LACMA’s campus, hundreds of parade participants hurriedly prepared for their debuts in the corners of nearby streets and parking lots.
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By Hannah Miller, Bloomberg Before the World Cup started, fans raged over the cost of tickets — the highest ever for the tournament.
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Witnesses told the court that, on July 30, 2025, Buck-Hayes stormed into Vogler's Danville office and doused him with gasoline before chasing him out of the building and setting him on fire, according to Cardinal News.
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Gunther took out Sami Zayn after a delay, but Sami stormed back into the match and hammered Gunther with punches.
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The French capital is in the midst of a heat wave — the day of the show was the city’s hottest ever June day, until Wednesday eclipsed it — and the model’s toes steamed inside the oblong footwear.
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But don’t miss the crispy duck and walnut, and matsutake steamed chicken at the equally satisfying but more casual Yunnan specialty restaurant, Horizon.
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When Burgess put both their names on the sign outside their Bridgeport, Connecticut, workshop, Fuller seethed.
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Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.
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The Cottonwood Fire had burned nearly 72,000 acres and is at 0% containment.
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Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
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Water does not need to be boiled for showering or bathing, provided that people don't drink water while doing so.
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While the properly prepared, boiled three times, tender spring leaves of this plant are the main ingredient in poke sallet, a fixture of Southern cuisine, the plant is truly toxic.
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The quake, which struck during morning rush hour, also mildly shook Tokyo.
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One witness said they were forced to evacuate as the earthquake shook buildings, while another reported that cracks formed on the side of their building, according to the outlet.
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The Timberwolves foamed at the mouth, eager to back up Jaden McDaniels’ trash talk about Denver’s defense from three days earlier.
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With her eyes closed and her palms turned upward, Scherzinger appeared to be in total peace as the ocean tide gently foamed around her feet.
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“Fumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fumed. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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