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Synonyms & Antonyms of fuming
(Entry 1 of 2)
- I was fuming after losing the game by a single point
Synonyms for fuming
- angered,
- angry,
- apoplectic,
- ballistic,
- cheesed off
- [chiefly British],
- choleric,
- enraged,
- foaming,
- furious,
- hopping,
- horn-mad,
- hot,
- incensed,
- indignant,
- inflamed
- (also enflamed),
- infuriate,
- infuriated,
- irate,
- ireful,
- livid,
- mad,
- outraged,
- rabid,
- rankled,
- riled,
- riley,
- roiled,
- shirty
- [chiefly British],
- sore,
- steamed up,
- steaming,
- teed off,
- ticked,
- wrathful,
- wroth
Words Related to fuming
- boiling,
- bristling,
- bristly,
- burning,
- cross,
- huffy,
- passionate,
- seething,
- sizzling,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering),
- worked up,
- wrought (up)
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- bitter,
- embittered,
- inimical,
- malevolent,
- piqued,
- rancorous,
- resentful,
- spiteful,
- vengeful,
- vindictive,
- virulent,
- vitriolic
- antisocial,
- cold,
- cool,
- disagreeable,
- disapproving,
- distant,
- frigid,
- icy,
- ill-tempered,
- sorehead
- (or soreheaded),
- sulky,
- unfriendly,
- unpleasant
Phrases Synonymous with fuming
- bent out of shape,
- blue in the face,
- fit to be tied,
- going crook
- [Australian & New Zealand],
- hopping mad,
- hot under the collar,
- in a fume,
- in a huff,
- in a pet
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of fuming (Entry 2 of 2)
- he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau
Synonyms for fuming
Words Related to fuming
- smoldering
- (or smouldering)
- bristling,
- flaring (up),
- inflaming
- (also enflaming)
Phrases Synonymous with fuming
- 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 for fuming
Words Related to fuming
- blowing up,
- flaring (up),
- flipping (out)
- [slang]
- burning,
- foaming,
- seething,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering),
- steaming
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“Fuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuming. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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