Fuming
//ˈfjuːmɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.
"He fumed, and threatened, and stormed; but his fumings, and threatenings, and stormings, were powerless to turn from him the keen edge of public ridicule."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of fume form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That which fumes.
"fuming nitric acid"
- 2 Very angry.
"The first Premier League hat-trick by a Fulham player was taken in fine style, but it also exposed a slack defensive display which left QPR manager Neil Warnock fuming on the sidelines."
Example
More examples"He is fuming that they will be sorry for it some day."
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