as in angry
feeling or showing anger
I was fuming after losing the game by a single point
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of fuming
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Her initial response may have been exasperated, fuming, Leave me alone.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
California’s move to abandon a plan revamping the state’s antiquated 911 system, after spending hundreds of millions on the project, has critics fuming.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
Democrats are fuming that the bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the government after 43 days did nothing to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies that stood as their key demand throughout the impasse.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Nov. 2025
Prior to the vote, many Democrats were fuming after the breakaway group of eight senators teamed up with Republicans to strike a deal, backing off on the demand that led to the shutdown.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
Waiting for him there, fuming from a bench with an unobstructed view of the North Portico, is the living manifestation of dishonesty.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) fans were left fuming on Tuesday evening after an apparent Disney+ glitch interrupted the show.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney is still fuming about officiating in college football and sounded off again about it on Tuesday days after a devastating loss to Duke.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
After fuming and throwing a trash can in the aftermath, Marty falls into a mental spiral.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Her initial response may have been exasperated, fuming, Leave me alone.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
California’s move to abandon a plan revamping the state’s antiquated 911 system, after spending hundreds of millions on the project, has critics fuming.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
Democrats are fuming that the bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the government after 43 days did nothing to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies that stood as their key demand throughout the impasse.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Nov. 2025
Prior to the vote, many Democrats were fuming after the breakaway group of eight senators teamed up with Republicans to strike a deal, backing off on the demand that led to the shutdown.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
Waiting for him there, fuming from a bench with an unobstructed view of the North Portico, is the living manifestation of dishonesty.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) fans were left fuming on Tuesday evening after an apparent Disney+ glitch interrupted the show.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney is still fuming about officiating in college football and sounded off again about it on Tuesday days after a devastating loss to Duke.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuming
Adjective
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Robby is angry at himself for not seeing it.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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None of the referees appeared to be struck by the objects being thrown on the court, despite video showing a windfall of debris raining down from the angry crowd.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Instead, he was bundled off in the middle of the night to the USS Iwo Jima steaming offshore in the Caribbean and then a flight to Stewart Air National Guard Base in the Hudson Valley on his way to a New York jail cell to await his trial.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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The extra hydration and water vapor from a steaming mug of tea help thin the mucus.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Really storming winds were coming, and during the whole shooting, this stormy wind never stops.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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But the Bills have won three straight road games, pummeling the Pittsburgh Steelers, storming back to beat the New England Patriots and holding on against the Cleveland Browns.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Things eventually come to a head back in Cairo, where local police arrest Roper and his team, only for the enraged buyers, who were defrauded due to Pine's intervention, to seize the convoy.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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If not for the deeply funny asides and anecdotes from the book’s fictional characters, the reader would be left enraged and shaking.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Newsom, along with California’s two Senators, had spent most of Wednesday in LA with fire survivors and first responders on the anniversary of the raging storm that destroyed so much for so many.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Another piece of footage, also geolocated, shows a fire raging inside a government complex in northeast Golestan province.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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If people are outraged that Trump seeks regime change in Venezuela to control the country's oil, that's news.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Families physically pulled apart by uncaring hands over the outraged screams of the bereft?—
Leonard Pitts Jr,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Clash in 1983 were definitely in that category, as Strummer and Simonon kept seething at Jones’ prima-donna airs.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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None of this has sat well with Robert, who is currently off the force, lying low, and seething at both Kyle and Evelyn.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for four days.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Fuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuming. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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