Synonyms of fuming

fuming 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

I was fuming after losing the game by a single point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• enraged
• outraged
• infuriated
• indignant
• furious
• angered
• mad
• ballistic
• infuriate
• irate
• incensed
• livid
• annoyed
• sore
• apoplectic
• rabid
• passionate
• steaming
• riled
• wrathful
• irritable
• hot
• inflamed
• in a huff
• foaming
• hot under the collar
• choleric
• wroth
• hopping mad
• bent out of shape
• ireful
• blue in the face
• exasperated
• fit to be tied
• hopping
• seething
• in a fume
• in a pet
• rankled
• aggravated
• shirty
• ticked
• roiled
• cheesed off
• going crook
• boiling
• ranting
• horn-mad
• steamed up
• resentful
• spiteful
• embittered
• bristling
• huffy
• unpleasant
• vindictive
• smoldering
• riley
• burning
• antagonistic
• vengeful
• sulky
• raving
• cross
• acrimonious
• vitriolic
• sizzling
• virulent
• teed off
• acrid
• rancorous
• perturbed
• malevolent
• worked up
• petulant
• disagreeable
• stormy
• disapproving
• fretful
• peevish
• antipathetic
• bitter
• grumpy
• wrought (up)
• bilious
• icy
• antisocial
• belligerent
• bristly
• distant
• cold
• snappish
• testy
• unfriendly
• churlish
• frigid
• irascible
• inimical
• inflammable
• cantankerous
• grouchy
• dyspeptic
• querulous
• cranky
• pugnacious
• ornery
• crabby
• touchy
• contentious
• ill-tempered
• piqued
• argumentative
• fussy
• quarrelsome
• cool
• sorehead
• contrary
• disputatious
• ill-humored
• bearish
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• pleased
• accepting
• happy
• agreeable
• amenable
• accommodating
• friendly
• sympathetic
• complaisant
• satisfied
• content
• cordial
• amicable
• angerless
• obliging
• calm
• understanding
• tolerant
• empathetic
• pleasant
• serene
• placid
• sweet
• kind
• amiable
• tranquil
• good-natured
• pacific
• peaceable
• affable
• easygoing
• genial
• unembittered
• good-tempered

fuming

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verb

present participle of fume

1

as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steaming
• raging
• seething
• storming
• burning
• boiling
• shaking
• foaming
• sizzling
• rankling
• ranting
• agitating
• fulminating
• raving
• seeing red
• smoldering
• stewing
• bristling
• inflaming
• fretting
• convulsing
• flaring (up)
• roiling
• chafing

2

as in storming

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 & Similar Words

• storming
• raging
• bristling
• rampaging
• running amok
• steaming
• ranting
• seething
• raving
• fulminating
• making a scene
• blustering
• fretting
• foaming
• smoldering
• flaring (up)
• stewing
• flipping (out)
• carrying on
• taking on
• burning
• blowing up
• chafing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• checking
• soothing
• containing
• collecting
• restraining
• stifling
• suppressing
• composing
• swallowing
• curbing
• smothering
• appeasing
• repressing
• choking (back)
• strangling
• allaying
• subduing
• pacifying
• tempering
• moderating
• relaxing
• reining
• cooling
• pocketing
• easing
• settling
• calming
• quieting
• toning (down)
• quelling
• hushing
• stilling
• letting up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fuming

Verb

Judges accustomed to having government lawyers comply with their orders have been left fuming. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026

Besides the pick, Lindsey had an off day with inaccurate passes and suffered another sack in the red zone that led to Fleck fuming at him. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2026

Johnson and other Republican leaders soon faced a room of fuming members who do not typically cause headaches for leadership or hold up votes. — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 May 2026

Trump has been fuming about its revelations, and a parlor game around who-leaked-what has been underway in DC since excerpts first appeared in the Times. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026

After taking the first set 6-3, Džumhur was fuming when a let was not called by umpire Greg Allensworth on one of his serves during the second set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Other gamers are fuming that Microsoft has also changed its policies to block users from redeeming Reward points to pay for Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was left fuming at full-time after watching his side get the penalty decision overturned after a VAR review. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026

The grinding win earns the Bruins a spot Sunday’s title game against South Carolina, the three-time national champions who ended reigning champion UConn’s undefeated season and left Huskies coach Geno Auriemma fuming. — John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026