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

Verb

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

Legend has it that sad fates befell those who made her angry and happy ones those who were kind to her.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, angry residents continue to flood once-sleepy municipal board meetings, pressuring officials to reject data center proposals.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of angry

Verb

The ouster of Bela Bajaria from the role that Rice now occupies was messy, and angered many inside and outside of Netflix.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Cotham, previously a Democrat, switched parties in 2023, a move that gave the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in the state House and angered Democrats across North Carolina.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of angered

Adjective

And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of enraged

Verb

Trip isn’t the standout role, but Keery handles the character’s exasperated monologues with panache, turning self-defense and infuriated straight-talk into acts of exhilarating sanity.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Sydney Sweeney is no stranger to starring in a controversial ad — and her latest effort has infuriated female athletes, including Olympians.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Verb

Markos, understandably ticked off (and somehow aware that Corey had told Matt that Mia was taken), takes out all his toxic masculine rage on Matt’s gorgeous face, carving him up and leaving him to deal with it.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026
Loran was ticked off by Lichtenstein’s Portrait of Madame Cézanne (1963), a painting that borrowed Loran’s own diagram analyzing the Paul Cézanne work of the same name.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of ticked off

Adjective

The single-seat aircraft weighs about 253 pounds with batteries and includes a ballistic parachute and an automatic landing function.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The Patriot air-defense system is designed to protect military installations, troops and other critical infrastructure from incoming ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as hostile aircraft.

— James LaPorta, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ballistic

Verb

That was the question that annoyed Steinbrenner, who is backing a system that would strip his team of a financial advantage while falling in line with other billionaire ballclub owners, who tend to vote as a unified bloc.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
The innkeeper is annoyed that his wife wants more conversation.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of annoyed

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