Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fume

4 senses of fume

Sense 1
fume -- (be mad, angry, or furious)
       => feel, experience -- (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret")

Sense 2
fume, smoke -- (emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming")
       => emit, give out, give off -- (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits")

Sense 3
fumigate, fume -- (treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests)
       => process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")

Sense 4
reek, fume -- (be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face)
       => exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze -- (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores")

Antonyms of adj fumed

1 sense of fumed

Sense 1
fumed -- ((of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes; "fumed oak")

INDIRECT (VIA treated) -> untreated -- (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment; "an untreated fabric")

Similarity of adj fumed

1 sense of fumed

Sense 1
fumed -- ((of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes; "fumed oak")
       => treated (vs. untreated) -- (subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling")

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