Synonyms of steaming

steaming 1 of 2

adjective

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• ballistic
• indignant
• enraged
• furious
• mad
• infuriated
• outraged
• angered
• infuriate
• hot
• sore
• rabid
• foaming
• passionate
• fuming
• bent out of shape
• hot under the collar
• irate
• in a pet
• in a huff
• livid
• inflamed
• apoplectic
• blue in the face
• boiling
• incensed
• hopping mad
• wrathful
• hopping
• annoyed
• in a fume
• fit to be tied
• irritable
• choleric
• riled
• cheesed off
• ireful
• wroth
• steamed up
• roiled
• going crook
• shirty
• horn-mad
• aggravated
• ticked
• seething
• sizzling
• burning
• smoldering
• rankled
• teed off
• bristling
• exasperated
• cross
• ranting
• riley
• unpleasant
• virulent
• cold
• worked up
• stormy
• acrid
• icy
• raving
• frigid
• vitriolic
• bristly
• malevolent
• antagonistic
• vengeful
• distant
• spiteful
• acrimonious
• vindictive
• disagreeable
• wrought (up)
• sulky
• embittered
• rancorous
• resentful
• huffy
• inflammable
• bilious
• inimical
• disapproving
• bitter
• testy
• dyspeptic
• antisocial
• petulant
• antipathetic
• cool
• unfriendly
• belligerent
• perturbed
• peevish
• fretful
• cantankerous
• churlish
• irascible
• snappish
• grumpy
• pugnacious
• crabby
• grouchy
• touchy
• ornery
• contentious
• cranky
• fussy
• contrary
• querulous
• bearish
• piqued
• ill-tempered
• quarrelsome
• argumentative
• put out
• sorehead
• disputatious
• ill-humored
• quick-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• delighted
• content
• pleased
• agreeable
• accommodating
• amenable
• friendly
• cordial
• happy
• complaisant
• angerless
• satisfied
• obliging
• sympathetic
• amicable
• calm
• tolerant
• understanding
• sweet
• pacific
• pleasant
• placid
• kind
• serene
• tranquil
• empathetic
• peaceable
• amiable
• genial
• good-natured
• affable
• easygoing
• unembittered
• good-tempered

steaming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of steam

as in boiling

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boiling
• raging
• burning
• storming
• foaming
• seething
• sizzling
• fuming
• shaking
• agitating
• rankling
• smoldering
• ranting
• seeing red
• fulminating
• raving
• bristling
• stewing
• roiling
• inflaming
• flaring (up)
• chafing
• convulsing
• fretting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of steaming

Verb

Frozen spinach can be replaced with fresh spinach; add it to the covered skillet in the final 5 minutes of steaming along with the shrimp. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

The afterbirth hanging down from the cows, steaming in the cold spring air. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Reduce heat to low and cook (milk should be steaming or just barely simmering around edges of pan) 10 minutes. — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

Marylanders settled back for a steaming celebration of America’s 194th birthday today. — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2026

When in doubt, stick to food that is cooked and served steaming hot. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

Enjoy a steaming plate of weekend-only biscuits and gravy. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 June 2026

Additionally, steaming away wrinkles can give you that high-end feel typically found in a spa or hotel atmosphere. — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026

On a steaming hot afternoon, the opening 45 minutes offered no reprieve from the tension. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 June 2026