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Definitions for Fumes

[1] 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.
[2] an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.
[3] to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
[4] to treat with or expose to fumes.
[5] to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late.
[6] to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray.
[7] to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.
[8] (intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
[9] to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction
[10] (tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate
[11] (often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour
[12] a sharp or pungent odour
[13] a condition of anger

Words related to Fumes

fumeexhaust, vapor, effluvium, miasma, haze, exhalation, smoke, smog, reek, stench

Words nearby Fumes

fumefumaric acid, fumarole, fumatorium, fumatory, fumble, fume, fume cupboard, fumed, fumet, fumeuse, fumigant

Origin of Fumes

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

Other words from Fumes

fume·less , adjective
fume·like , adjective
fum·er , noun
fum·ing·ly , adverb
un·fum·ing , adjective

Word origin for Fumes

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

Synonyms for Fumes

effluvium, exhalation, exhaust, haze, miasma, reek, smog, smoke, stench, vapor