fumed

[ fyoomd ]

/ fyumd /

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adjective

darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes, as oak and other wood.

Nearby words

Origin of fumed

First recorded in 1605–15; fume + -ed²

fume

[ fyoom ]

/ fyum /

noun

Often fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.

an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.

verb (used with object), fumed, fum·ing.

to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.

to treat with or expose to fumes.

to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late.

verb (used without object), fumed, fum·ing.

to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray.

to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.

Origin of fume

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin fūmus smoke, steam, fume

SYNONYMS FOR fume

2. rage, fury, agitation, storm. 5. chafe, fret.

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Related forms

fume·less, adjectivefume·like, adjectivefum·er, nounfum·ing·ly, adverb

un·fum·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for fumed

The interests of millions, he fumed, were in “the hands of about twenty coxcombs.”
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“They are sidestepping the SNC,” fumed Mohammed Sarmini, an SNC spokesman.
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The stymied Tareq fumed for the rest of the day, announcing that “their star, Michaele” would not attend the official wrap party.
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“A nation whose people can't say 'Merry Christmas' is a nation capable of ruining its own economy,” he fumed on November 20.
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It is needless to say how Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gumbleton fretted and fumed; but it was all to no use.
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"Rotten little crumb," Judy fumed, glaring balefully at the snake.
Droozle|Frank Banta
So he strode up and down, and he fretted and he fumed and he chafed, and the trumpeter kept blowing away.
The American Baron|James De Mille
"Oh, you needn't try to smooth it over, Jack Ruddy," fumed the bully.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall|Arthur M. Winfield
"Just like I didn't have my hands full now, without bringing home any more mouths to feed," she fumed.
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British Dictionary definitions for fumed

fumed

/ (fjuːmd) /

adjective

(of wood, esp oak) having a dark colour and distinctive grain from exposure to ammonia fumes

fume

/ (fjuːm) /

verb

(intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage

to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction

(tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate

noun

(often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour

a sharp or pungent odour

a condition of anger

Derived Forms

fumeless, adjectivefumelike, adjectivefumer, nounfumingly, adverb

fumy, adjective

Word Origin for fume

C14: from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus smoke, vapour

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Word Origin and History for fumed

fume

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").

fume

c.1400, "to fumigate," from Old French fumer, from Latin fumare "to smoke, steam," from fumus "smoke, steam, fume" (see fume (n.)). Figurative sense of "show anger" is first recorded 1520s. Related: Fumed; fumes; fuming.