Meanings
comparative more steamed · superlative most steamed
- Heated and processed by steam, such as being cooked by steaming.
Superintendent Chalmers: Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour? / Principal Skinner: Uh– Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams.
1996 April 14, Bill Oakley, “22 Short Films About Springfield” (00:55 from the start), in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21, spoken by Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner (Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer), segment "Skinner & The Superintendent", production code 3F18Antonyms: nonsteamed, unsteamed
- figurativelyinformalAngry; hot under the collar.
He was steamed that the car cut him off. It took almost half an hour for him to calm down.
Synonyms: agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of steam
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHeated and processed by steam, such as being cooked by steaming.
adjectiveAngry; hot under the collar.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecooked in steam
adjectivearoused to impatience or anger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 蒸, 清蒸
- 蒸 (zing¹)having been cooked by exposure to steam
- 清蒸having been cooked by exposure to steam
Chinese Mandarin 蒸, 清蒸
- 蒸 (zhēng)having been cooked by exposure to steam
- 清蒸 (qīngzhēng)having been cooked by exposure to steam
Czech dušený
- dušenýhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Dutch gestoomd
- gestoomdhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Finnish höyrytetty, höyrykypsennetty
- höyrytettyhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
- höyrykypsennettyhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
French à la vapeur
- à la vapeurhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Italian a vapore
- a vaporehaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Japanese 蒸し
- 蒸し (mushi)having been cooked by exposure to steam
Persian بخارپز
- بخارپز (bokhār-paz)having been cooked by exposure to steam
Spanish al vapor
- al vaporhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Tagalog tiim
- tiimhaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Turkish buğulama
- buğulamahaving been cooked by exposure to steam
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with steamed
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steamed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamed
“steamed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steamed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamed.
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