Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fume
Participle: fumed
Gerund: fuming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fume |
| you | fume |
| he;she;it | fumes |
| we | fume |
| you | fume |
| they | fume |
Perfect
| I | have fumed |
| you | have fumed |
| he;she;it | has fumed |
| we | have fumed |
| you | have fumed |
| they | have fumed |
Past
| I | fumed |
| you | fumed |
| he;she;it | fumed |
| we | fumed |
| you | fumed |
| they | fumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fumed |
| you | had fumed |
| he;she;it | had fumed |
| we | had fumed |
| you | had fumed |
| they | had fumed |
Future
| I | will fume |
| you | will fume |
| he;she;it | will fume |
| we | will fume |
| you | will fume |
| they | will fume |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fumed |
| you | will have fumed |
| he;she;it | will have fumed |
| we | will have fumed |
| you | will have fumed |
| they | will have fumed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fume |
| you | fume |
| he;she;it | fume |
| we | fume |
| you | fume |
| they | fume |
Perfect
| I | have fumed |
| you | have fumed |
| he;she;it | have fumed |
| we | have fumed |
| you | have fumed |
| they | have fumed |
Imperfect
| I | fumed |
| you | fumed |
| he;she;it | fumed |
| we | fumed |
| you | fumed |
| they | fumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fumed |
| you | had fumed |
| he;she;it | had fumed |
| we | had fumed |
| you | had fumed |
| they | had fumed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fume |
| you | would fume |
| he;she;it | would fume |
| we | would fume |
| you | would fume |
| they | would fume |
Perfect
| I | would have fumed |
| you | would have fumed |
| he;she;it | would have fumed |
| we | would have fumed |
| you | would have fumed |
| they | would have fumed |
Imperative
| you | fume |
| we | Let's fume |
| you | fume |
Verbs conjugated like 'fume'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fume'
cume,
fame,
fum,
fure,
fuse,
fute,
fuze,
ayme,
beme,
bum,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to speak or act in violent anger
- foam at the mouth, frenzy, froth at the mouth, let rip, lose it, rage, rampage, rant, rave, see red, seethe, storm
- smoke
- exhalation, steam, vapor
- rave
- bluster, chafe, fret, rage, storm
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.Verbs referencing "fume"
Ido fumar.
Sample Sentences
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Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom. [1740, John Dyer, “The Ruins of Rome. A Poem.”, in Poems. … Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome. III. The Fleece, in Four Books, London: Printed by John Hughs, for Messrs. R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1759, →OCLC, pages 42–43:]
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where the golden altar fumed [1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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Young Chromis and Mnaſylus chanc'd to ſtray / Where (ſleeping in a cave) Silenus lay, / Whoſe conſtant cups fly fuming to his brain, / And always boil in each extended vein; / His truſty flaggon, full of potent juice, / Was hanging by, worn thin with age and uſe; [...] [a. 1686, Earl of Roscommon [i.e., Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon]; Samuel Johnson, “Virgil’s Sixth Eclogue, Silenus”, in The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, […], volumes X (The Poems of Rochester, Roscommon, and Yalden), London: […] E. Cox; for C. Bathurst, […], published 1779, page 234, →OCLC:]
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whose parts are kept from fuming away, not only by their fixity[…] [1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:]
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He’s still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.
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He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. [1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Her mother did fret, and her father did fume. [1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC:]
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His strong stand has made him a lightning rod for criticism by rail proponents, including some of his own friends. Herb Bridge […] is among Freeman's critics on the rail issue. "[…] I think he has an elitist attitude and doesn't want poor people in his mall," fumed Bridge, who operates a store in Freeman's mall. [1995 March 3, The Oregonian, page 21:]
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"Whoever is doing this is not just showing immense disrespect to me as a teacher, but also to the whole Torah and to this whole class and school!" he fumed. "And to God!" [2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 73:]
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Keep his brain fuming. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:]