fuming

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fume

comparative more fuming · superlative most fuming

1. That which fumes.

   fuming nitric acid

2. Very angry.

   Then Rublev was left fuming when the opening point of the next game had to be replayed after his shot was called wide.

   2023 November 15, Kevin Core, “Rublev bloodies himself with his racket in frustration during loss to Alcaraz at ATP Finals”, in Seattle Times

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   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.

   2011 October 2, Kevin Core, “Fulham 6 - 0 QPR”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling

plural fumings

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.

   1840, The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

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   Evaporate, fume again, cool and wash down the sides of the beaker and watch glass, and then fume again. Your fumings are necessary to remove the cupferron decomposition products and nitric acid from the solution.

   1949, New Brunswick Laboratory, Assayer's Guide

   And endlessly you'd read his fumings against the running dogs of capitalism, against the lackeys and the lumpen — and against you for being unable to collect a bill from his debtor.

   1986, John B. Sanford, The Waters of Darkness