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Adjective: fuming  fyoo-ming
  1. Feeling or showing extreme anger
    "He was fuming when he saw the damage";
    - irate, ireful [archaic], seething, apoplectic [informal], furious, hopping mad [informal], steaming [informal], livid
Verb: fume  fyoom
  1. Emit a cloud of fine particles
    "The chimney was fuming";
    - smoke
     
  2. Be mad, angry, or furious
    "He fumed silently as his neighbour's dog barked all night"
     
  3. Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
    "They fumed the warehouse to eliminate the infestation";
    - fumigate, smoke

See also: angry, cross

Type of: emit, experience, feel, give off, give out, process, treat

Encyclopedia: Fuming

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