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单词 steaming up
释义

steam up

verb

steamed up; steaming up; steams up

transitive verb

: to make angry or excited : arouse

Synonyms

  • anger
  • enrage
  • incense
  • inflame
  • enflame
  • infuriate
  • ire
  • mad
  • madden
  • outrage
  • rankle
  • rile
  • roil
  • tick off
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Example Sentences

finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

steaming up

verb

present participle of steam up
as in infuriating
to make angry finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • infuriating
  • angering
  • ticking off
  • enraging
  • annoying
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • getting one's goat
  • irritating
  • outraging
  • iring
  • putting out
  • roiling
  • maddening
  • offending
  • riling
  • incensing
  • madding
  • inflaming
  • getting
  • rankling
  • burning (up)
  • aggravating
  • enflaming
  • provoking
  • crossing
  • exasperating
  • ruffling
  • huffing
  • nettling
  • affronting
  • vexing
  • piquing
  • antagonizing
  • miffing
  • peeving
  • embittering
  • envenoming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gratifying
  • pleasing
  • relieving
  • soothing
  • comforting
  • allaying
  • delighting
  • consoling
  • settling
  • calming
  • charming
  • captivating
  • quieting
  • appeasing
  • assuaging
  • conciliating
  • placating
  • enchanting
  • disarming
  • bewitching
  • pacifying
  • mollifying
  • lulling
  • beguiling
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