fuming Definition

fume
noun

1. Smoke, gases or vapour, especially if strong-smelling or toxic, emanating from heated materials, operating engines or machinery, etc.

Thesaurus: exhaust, pollution, smoke, smog, haze, gas, vapour, effluvium, reek, stench.
Form: fumes (often)
2. The pungent toxic vapours given off by solvents or concentrated acids.
3. A rage; fretful excitement.

verb fumed, fuming

intr
1. To be furious; to fret angrily.

Thesaurus: rage, boil, seethe, chafe, storm, rave, rant.
intr
2. To give off smoke, gases or vapours.
intr
3. Said of gases or vapours: to come off in fumes, especially during a chemical reaction.
4. To treat (eg wood) with fumes.

Derivative: fumous
adj

Derivative: fumingly
adverb

Etymology: 16c: from Latin fumus smoke.