In his books, he would often fulminate against the government and its policies.
Source: tatoeba (2000225)
Fulminate
//ˈfʌlmɪneɪt//
Synonyms for "fulminate" (65 found)
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27 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- фулминат noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
Dutch
1 entries- fulmineren verb (To make a verbal attack)
Finnish
1 entries- fulminaatti noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
French
2 entries- fulminate noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
- foudroyer verb (To strike with lightning)
Hungarian
4 entries- durranóhigany noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
- fulminát noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
- higany(II)-fulminát noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
- higany-fulminát noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kaste bannstråle imot verb (To issue as a denunciation)
- la eksplodere verb (To cause to explode)
Polish
4 entries- fulminat noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
- grzmieć verb (To make a verbal attack)
- grzmocić verb (To strike with lightning)
- grzmotnąć verb (To strike with lightning)
Portuguese
1 entries- fulminar verb (To strike with lightning)
Russian
1 entries- порицать verb (To make a verbal attack)
Spanish
4 entries- fulminato noun (Any salt or ester of fulminic acid)
- fulminar verb (To make a verbal attack)
- fulminar verb (To issue as a denunciation)
- fulminar verb (To strike with lightning)
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Why fulminate: it only makes us waste our energy!
Source: tatoeba (7120628)
In short, the criticism which the great lexicographer fulminated against an unfortunate author, seems to have been adopted by the profession as applicable to everything under the sun […]
Source: wiktionary
To be sure, Trump has fulminated on Twitter against the judges who rebuffed him. But his tirades have earned him a reprimand––if a brief, vague one––from his own Supreme Court nominee.
Source: wiktionary
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