Synonyms of steam up

steam up

verb

as in to anger

to make angry

finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anger
• infuriate
• enrage
• annoy
• outrage
• tick off
• irritate
• mad
• rub the wrong way
• offend
• inflame
• rile
• roil
• get one's goat
• incense
• ire
• put out
• burn (up)
• rankle
• madden
• aggravate
• provoke
• cross
• ruffle
• affront
• exasperate
• get
• vex
• nettle
• pique
• huff
• antagonize
• peeve
• miff
• embitter
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• relieve
• gratify
• delight
• comfort
• console
• allay
• assuage
• soothe
• placate
• appease
• settle
• calm
• pacify
• quiet
• conciliate
• charm
• lull
• mollify
• disarm
• captivate
• beguile
• enchant
• bewitch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of steam up

There’s fitness classes, and then there’s fitness classes that go all out to ‘90s hip-hop and bounce music at Crescent Park while ships steam up the Mississippi River. — Outside, 17 Feb. 2026

Heated Rivalry's love story steamed up the ice in locales around the globe, and is just in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics, where there's no shortage of hockeymania. — Laura Fiengo, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026

This is to the benefit of Calva’s Teddy and Camila Morrone’s Roxana, who steam up the screen at every opportunity. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2026

In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026