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- [fyoom]
- /fyum/
- /fjuːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fyoom]
- /fyum/
Definitions of fuming word
- noun fuming Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide. 1
- noun fuming an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through. 1
- verb with object fuming to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke. 1
- verb with object fuming to treat with or expose to fumes. 1
- verb with object fuming to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late. 1
- verb without object fuming to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray. 1
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Origin of fuming
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin fūmus smoke, steam, fume
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Parts of speech for Fuming
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fuming popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
fuming usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fuming
adjective fuming
- furious — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- irate — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
- incensed — an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- teed off — Golf. Also called teeing ground. the starting place, usually a hard mound of earth, at the beginning of play for each hole. a small wooden, plastic, metal, or rubber peg from which the ball is driven, as in teeing off.
- enraged — Very angry; furious.
noun fuming
- stew — to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- frothing — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
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