fuming

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fume

adj

1. That which fumes.

   “fuming nitric acid”

2. Very angry.

   “The first Premier League hat-trick by a Fulham player was taken in fine style, but it also exposed a slack defensive display which left QPR manager Neil Warnock fuming on the sidelines.”

   “Then Rublev was left fuming when the opening point of the next game had to be replayed after his shot was called wide.”

noun

1. The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.

   “He fumed, and threatened, and stormed; but his fumings, and threatenings, and stormings, were powerless to turn from him the keen edge of public ridicule.”

   “Evaporate, fume again, cool and wash down the sides of the beaker and watch glass, and then fume again. Your fumings are necessary to remove the cupferron decomposition products and nitric acid from the solution.”

   “And endlessly you'd read his fumings against the running dogs of capitalism, against the lackeys and the lumpen — and against you for being unable to collect a bill from his debtor.”