fumed

verb

past tense of fume
1
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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2
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 Both the defendants and courts fumed at this because, while attorney-client privilege survives death, this death killed the power of Boca Raton’s Lee Sarkin and Ocean Ridge’s Drew Levitt to act on their client’s behalf. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 Democratic campaigns fumed Tuesday at the Supreme Court for striking down limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates, a conservative 6-3 majority ruling that is set to open the donor floodgates for the midterm elections. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026 All the millwork and fumed oak cabinetry throughout the house were custom-designed by Toumbakaris. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Riders crashed, team directors fumed, and according to Vacek, the race is no more. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Indigenous men grieved but also fumed when women were attacked. — 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 Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove. — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fumed
  1. raged
  2. stormed
  3. steamed
  4. seethed
  5. burned
  6. boiled
  7. shook
  8. foamed
Verb
  • Across the continent, schools closed, concerts were canceled, train lines were suspended and wildfires raged.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Cameron came up with the idea during the pandemic, as protests over the murder of George Floyd spread across the country and wildfires raged across Northern California.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 30 June 2026
Definition of raged
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  • The puncher, who was wearing a white shirt and shorts, white socks and black crocs, stormed off and has not been caught.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • With Lionel Messi, then 35, defying nature in Tom Brady-like fashion, Argentina stormed to its third World Cup title, which worked in Telemundo’s favor.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of stormed
Verb
  • 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.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • But don’t miss the crispy duck and walnut, and matsutake steamed chicken at the equally satisfying but more casual Yunnan specialty restaurant, Horizon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
Definition of steamed
Verb
  • When Burgess put both their names on the sign outside their Bridgeport, Connecticut, workshop, Fuller seethed.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.
    — Longreads, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of seethed
Verb
  • The wildfire had burned across an area of 30,000 acres by Sunday, information from the European Union’s Copernicus satellite mapping agency showed.
    — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • When the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on the lawn of other beach neighbors, the only Jewish family in town, my dad tracked down the local Klan leader and told him to back off, or else.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of burned
Verb
  • Doing laundry has come a long way since people beat clothes on a rock or boiled them in a big cast-iron tub over a wood fire.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • They can be made into an omelet, scrambled, boiled, baked, poached, or fried.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 3 July 2026
Definition of boiled
Verb
  • The confirmation that Batula and Wilson were dating shook the Bravoverse to its core, as that relationship broke some other long-standing friendships.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • The sound of fighter jets on military flyovers shook the nation’s capital.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • The Timberwolves foamed at the mouth, eager to back up Jaden McDaniels’ trash talk about Denver’s defense from three days earlier.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • 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.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of foamed

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