fulminate
verb /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/
/ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fulminate | /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it fulminates | /ˈfʊlmɪneɪts/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪts/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪts/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple fulminated | /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle fulminated | /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form fulminating | /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪŋ/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪŋ/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- fulminate against (somebody/something) to criticize somebody/something angrily
- He was always fulminating against interference from the government.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin fulminat- ‘struck by lightning’, from fulmen, fulmin- ‘lightning’. The earliest sense (derived from medieval Latin fulminare) was ‘denounce formally’, later ‘issue formal censures’ (originally said of the Pope). A sense ‘emit thunder and lightning’, based on the original Latin meaning, arose in the early 17th cent., and hence ‘explode violently’ (late 17th cent.).