STEAMED UP Synonyms: 206 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger I'm really steamed up over his latest outrageous behavior

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steamed up

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verb

past tense of steam up

as in angered

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

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Recent Examples of steamed up

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Be sure to run the bathroom fan after a bathroom gets steamed up during a shower, and shake excess water off the curtain after use. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 Since Luca Guadagnino’s spicy sports drama Challengers steamed up screens everywhere, even casual fans have acknowledged that the game stirs up strong feelings. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 June 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 So why does this change have me a little, well, steamed up? — Vivek Astvansh, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed up

Adjective

Perhaps the Giants believe pitching angry benefits Houser, too.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Occupants of a residence on the 1400 block of 104th Avenue were angry at the auto body shop for parking lots of cars outside, loud noises and excessive garbage.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of angry

Verb

The White House had previously angered US ranchers by quadrupling low-tariff imports of Argentine beef to cool prices.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
During a joint practice last summer in Houston, Moehrig decked Texans wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson on a hard but clean hit that angered a few of Hutchinson’s teammates.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of angered

Adjective

Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
As a consequence, Nadia’s enraged sponsors send her packing back to Europe.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

Verb

But for the medieval and classics scholar in Kratz, the film invited questions and infuriated him at times.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
Under its previous operator, Mountain View had been plagued by riots that drew negative press and infuriated locals.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Adjective

While federal officials did not plan to build a wall through the park, public lands advocates were outraged when contractors began bulldozing access roads through the area in early to mid-August.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Leaders in that town were also outraged and are calculating the cost of clean up with the intention of billing the firm, officials have said.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of outraged

Verb

Moments later, Hal is taking photos gleefully with fans at the taco stand as Stewart arrives, ticked off.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 July 2026
As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the first-round loss to UCLA, the realization of its finality began to settle in.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Definition of ticked off

Adjective

Both companies also help produce the Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines and Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarines.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
But Kyiv is swiftly innovating, with Ukraine now developing its own ballistic missile to hit back at Russia and working with European countries on developing more anti-ballistic air defenses.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of ballistic

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