fume
To feel and show strong anger.
To be very angry and show it in your expression or behavior, often without speaking directly to the person responsible.
Bad-smelling gas or smoke, often dangerous.
Gas or smoke that has a strong smell and may be harmful to breathe, often produced by chemicals, fuel, or something burning.
To release bad-smelling gas or smoke.
To produce and release fumes or smoke into the air.
A short time when someone is very angry.
A sudden or short period of anger; an angry mood.
To use fumes or smoke on something for a purpose (for example, to clean it).
To expose something to fumes or smoke, especially to disinfect, preserve, or add a particular smell.
- Base: fume
- Base: fume
- 3rd Person Singular: fumes
- Present Participle: fuming
- Past: fumed
exhaust fumes
1gases from a vehicle’s exhaust
Bad gases that come out of a car or bus.
- The children were coughing from the exhaust fumes.
- Try not to idle the car here—exhaust fumes build up quickly.
- Exhaust fumes are harmful.
fret and fume
1be upset and complain angrily
To be very angry or worried and show it by complaining, but without doing anything useful.
- He sat in traffic, fretting and fuming about being late.
- She fretted and fumed for an hour, but the situation stayed the same.
- There’s no use fretting and fuming; we need a plan.
fret and fume
1worry and get upset
To worry and feel angry or upset.
- There’s no point fretting and fuming over things you can’t change.
- He spent the whole evening fretting and fuming about the interview.
fume about/over [something]
1stay angry about something
To stay very angry about something for a while.
- She fumed over the unfair review all weekend.
- They were still fuming about the cancelled flight.
- He fumed about the mistake.
fume at [someone/something]
1be angry at someone/something
To be very angry at someone or something.
- He fumed at the referee for the rest of the match.
- She was fuming at her coworker for deleting the file.
- I fumed at the rude comment.
fume hood
1lab cabinet that removes fumes
A lab box that removes dangerous fumes.
- Always handle concentrated acids in a fume hood.
- The technician checked the airflow in the fume hood before starting.
fume with rage
1be filled with anger
To be extremely angry.
- He was fuming with rage when he saw the damage.
- She stood there fuming with rage but couldn’t find the words.
- I was fuming with rage.