fume

verb [I]

/fjuːm/

Definition

› to be very angry, sometimes without expressing it: I saw her a week after they'd had the argument and she was still fuming. The whole episode left me fuming at the injustice of it all.Becoming angry and expressing anger

(Definition of fume verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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fulminate verb
fulsome adjective
fumble verb (DO STH AWKWARDLY)
fumble verb (SPORT)
fumble verb (THINK OF A WORD)
fume verb
fumes noun
fumigate verb
fumigator noun
fun adjective
fun fur noun

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ballistic adjective
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bay for blood idiom
be after sb's blood idiom
boil verb (BE ANGRY)
fly off the handle idiom
fray verb (BECOME ANNOYED)
get bent out of shape idiom
get your knickers in a twist idiom
go ape idiom
go nuts idiom
growl verb
resent verb
sb's blood is up idiom
see red idiom
seethe verb (FEEL ANGER)
snap verb (BREAK)
spare adjective (ANNOYED)
stew verb

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