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fume

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Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French fum "smoke, steam, vapor, breath," from Latin fumus "smoke, steam, fume" (source of Italian fumo, Spanish humo), from PIE *dheu- (cf. Sanskrit dhumah, Old Church Slavonic dymu, Lithuanian dumai, Old Prussian dumis "smoke," Middle Irish dumacha "fog," Greek thymos "spirit, mind, soul").

Example Sentences for fume

Dumoulin was hot-blooded, noisy, unmethodical, always in a state of fuss and fume!

Cynthia may fret and fume and stamp, but willy-nilly I shall carry her away.

He sat there frowning and biting his lip, and suddenly he began to fume and fret.

Men fret and fuss and fume, and are for ever in haste; the toad eyes them with contempt.

We glare and fume and could gladly see them ...

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More words related to fume

chafe

verb. annoy

abrade
anger
annoy
bother
exasperate
exercise
fret
fume
gall
grate
harass
incense
inflame
irk
irritate
itch
offend
provoke
rage
rasp
rub
ruffle
scrape
scratch
vex
worry

chafed

verb. annoy

abrade
anger
annoy
bother
exasperate
exercise
fret
fume
gall
grate
harass
incense
inflame
irk
irritate
itch
offend
provoke
rage
rasp
rub
ruffle
scrape
scratch
vex
worry

chafing

verb. annoy

abrade
anger
annoy
bother
exasperate
exercise
fret
fume
gall
grate
harass
incense
inflame
irk
irritate
itch
offend
provoke
rage
rasp
rub
ruffle
scrape
scratch
vex
worry

flare

verb. erupt, blow

blaze
boil over
break out
burn
burn up
burst
dart
dazzle
explode
fire up
flash
flicker
flutter
fume
glare
glow
go off
lose control
rant
seethe
shimmer
shoot
waver

fret

verb. worry, be annoyed

affront
agonize
anguish
bleed
bother
brood
carp
carry a heavy load
chafe
chagrin
distress oneself
eat one's heart out
fume
fuss
get into a dither
grieve
lose sleep over
mope
pother
stew
sweat it out
take on
torment
upset oneself

fretted

verb. worry, be annoyed

affront
agonize
anguish
bleed
bother
brood
carp
carry a heavy load
chafe
chagrin
distress oneself
eat one's heart out
fume
fuss
get into a dither
grieve
lose sleep over
mope
pother
stew
sweat it out
take on
torment
upset oneself

fretting

verb. worry, be annoyed

affront
agonize
anguish
bleed
bother
brood
carp
carry a heavy load
chafe
chagrin
distress oneself
eat one's heart out
fume
fuss
get into a dither
grieve
lose sleep over
mope
pother
stew
sweat it out
take on
torment
upset oneself

fulminate

verb. criticize harshly

animadvert
berate
blow up
bluster
castigate
censure
condemn
curse
declaim
denounce
denunciate
execrate
explode
fume
intimidate
inveigh against
menace
protest
rage
rail
reprobate
swear at
thunder
upbraid
vilify
vituperate

rage

verb. be angry

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