fume
Other forms: fumes; fumed; fuming
To fume is to feel or express great anger. You would fume if your teacher accused you of cheating when you didn't.
As a verb, fume is usually used figuratively to mean "to feel very angry," whereas as a noun, it is used more as its Latin root fumus "smoke, steam, vapor." A strong-smelling gas, smoke or vapor is also called a fume. In cartoons, when a character is fuming, it is often drawn with fumes coming out of its ears. You may fume about the inconsiderate person who sits in the car with the engine running, spewing clouds of exhaust fumes.
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a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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emit a cloud of fine particles
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treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
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be mad, angry, or furious
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type of:
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experience, feel
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
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experience, feel
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be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
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Vocabulary lists containing fume
Eighth-grader Molly is fed up with her school's unfair dress code policy, so she starts a podcast to protest it, sparking a rebellion.
Twelve-year-old Saint and his dog, Shadow, grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
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