fume
verb /fjuːm/
/fjuːm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fume | /fjuːm/ /fjuːm/ |
| he / she / it fumes | /fjuːmz/ /fjuːmz/ |
| past simple fumed | /fjuːmd/ /fjuːmd/ |
| past participle fumed | /fjuːmd/ /fjuːmd/ |
| -ing form fuming | /ˈfjuːmɪŋ/ /ˈfjuːmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to be very angry about something
- fume (at/over/about somebody/something) She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam.
- fume (with something) He was fuming with indignation.
- + speech ‘This is intolerable!’ she fumed.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- Motorists were left fuming as police closed the motorway for six hours.
- Hurry up or else he'll be fuming mad.
- He sat fuming over what he had just learnt.
- She was still quietly fuming about Peter's remarks.
- Tracy was positively fuming over the loss of her phone.
- We were all fuming at the delay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- inwardly
- quietly
- silently
- …
- about
- over
- at
- …
- fuming mad
- be left fuming
- be positively fuming
- …
- [intransitive] to produce smoke or fumes
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fumer (verb), from Latin fumare ‘to smoke’.