as in angry
feeling or showing anger
she was steaming after hearing that she was being slandered by someone who had once been her best friend
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as in boiling
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steaming
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
The extra hydration and water vapor from a steaming mug of tea help thin the mucus.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 31 Dec. 2025
From early December until the beginning of March, Frozen Fairways turns the grounds of Blackwolf Run into a snowy playground on weekends, with curling sheets, snowshoe trails, ice skating, and steaming cups of hot cocoa.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025
Gentle cooking methods like steaming (up to five minutes) preserve more nutrients than boiling or frying.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 29 Dec. 2025
Additionally, steaming away wrinkles can give you that high-end feel typically found in a spa or hotel atmosphere.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
At Curry in a Hurry, Sajjad Chowdhury ladles steaming goat curry into a bowl for a customer while reflecting on the news the very building where investigators say the high-stakes poker games took place is just a block away.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
As another once-promising season falls apart, this time stamped out in stunningly emphatic fashion, a conversation that had only begun to percolate is now steaming hot.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
The extra hydration and water vapor from a steaming mug of tea help thin the mucus.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 31 Dec. 2025
From early December until the beginning of March, Frozen Fairways turns the grounds of Blackwolf Run into a snowy playground on weekends, with curling sheets, snowshoe trails, ice skating, and steaming cups of hot cocoa.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025
Gentle cooking methods like steaming (up to five minutes) preserve more nutrients than boiling or frying.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 29 Dec. 2025
Additionally, steaming away wrinkles can give you that high-end feel typically found in a spa or hotel atmosphere.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
At Curry in a Hurry, Sajjad Chowdhury ladles steaming goat curry into a bowl for a customer while reflecting on the news the very building where investigators say the high-stakes poker games took place is just a block away.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
As another once-promising season falls apart, this time stamped out in stunningly emphatic fashion, a conversation that had only begun to percolate is now steaming hot.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steaming
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Snook and Lacy, who display such sharp instincts in their best work, seem to have been directed to overact; cameras freeze on their exaggeratedly bewildered or angry or devastated expressions, putting exclamation points at the end of too many scenes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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So what actually makes Powell angry?—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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If Brussels sprouts cause discomfort, try boiling them briefly before roasting.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
6 Jan. 2026
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Baking Soda and Hot Water Fill a sink or container with hot water (boiling water is best) and submerge the glass vessel.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Hodges watched the crowd flow by, noting that a significant number wore tactical gear such as helmets, goggles, and ballistic vests—not the sort of accoutrements people typically wear to peaceably listen to speeches.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ali called for an independent investigation by the California Attorney General, as well as the immediate release of all body-camera footage, ballistic evidence and witness statements.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Another is an anarchist raging against a large corporation.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The third model to ever wear a raging bull on its hood, the Miura wasn’t even supposed to exist.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Everyone has an opinion about the correct address for ladies, and everyone is indignant when others’ choices are different.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Still, Waits' daughter was indignant.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 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
Adjective
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An enraged University of Iowa student was arrested after a Turning Point USA table was flipped on campus in an incident that was caught on video.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Which casts a show seemingly designed to bypass all judgments with respect to storytelling and taste, gliding straight to the pleasure center of some imaginary horny, enraged, shopaholic feminine id, in a fairly sinister light.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In the predawn hours of October 31, FBI agents descended on the Detroit suburb where the men lived and detonated smoke bombs before storming into their homes.—
Mark Morales,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Stines, 44, was allegedly caught on security video storming into Mullins’ chambers before shooting him in an alleged courthouse ambush that rattled the Appalachian community.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Steaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steaming. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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