fume

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
2. A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
3. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
4. Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
5. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
6. (obsolete) A passionate person.

Verb

1. To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
2. To apply or offer incense to.
3. To emit fumes.
4. To pass off in fumes or vapours.
5. To express or feel great anger.
6. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

Sinònims

smoke

vapour

gas

steam

fumigate

vapor

seethe

reek

boil

fumes

effluvium

smog

get angry

scent

miff

exhalation

rage

😡

furious

grieve

huff

ire

lose one’s temper

perfume

simmer

smolder

smoulder

sour

spleen

steamer

stink

storm

tantrum

temper

emit smoke

fly into a passion

twitter

vapors

vapours

wrath

bad-smelling

seeth

air

tobacco

fuff

wrathiness

smoke dust

smoke and dust

aggravation

evapour

anger

💢

angriness

be furious

be upset

blow

bubble

chimney

choler

dander

dudgeon

evaporation

flare up

flue gas

flush

foam

frizzle

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fjuːm/

Etimologia (anglès)

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.