fulminating
adjective
formaluk/ˈfʊl.mɪ.neɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈfʊl.mə.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/fulminatingadjective(ANGRY)
veryangry;expressingstrongandangrycriticism:
Theypaynoattentionto fulminatingcritics.
He gave a fulminatingspeechwhich wasmockedby hisopponents.
- Fulminatingtabloidcolumnistsdenouncedhim asmorallybankrupt.
- There were fulminatingeditorialswritten on thesubject.
- These wordsinspiredin me a fulminatingrage.
- She gave him a fulminatingglare.
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fly off the handleidiom
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- givesomeoneevilsidiom
- roof
- sharp
- splenetic
- stew
- temper
- tempered
- tempers get frayedidiom
- throw
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Strong feelings
fulminatingadjective(DISEASE)
medicalspecialized
(of adiseaseorcondition)affectingsomeone verysuddenlyand veryseriously:
Onepatientdiedof fulminatingsepticaemia.
Vitamindepletioncould sometimes beresponsiblefor fulminating neuropsychiatricdisorders.
- Thecourseofgastriccancermay beinsidiousor fulminating.
- Fulminatingsystemiclupuserythematosus is alife-threateningcondition.
Serious and severe
- acutely
- acuteness
- catastrophic
- critical
- critically
- dire
- egregious
- fatal
- grave
- non-fatal
- non-serious
- seriously
- severe
- severely
- severity
- stiff
- stringent
- terminal
- toughness
- utmost
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Disease & illness - general words
fulminating
noun[U]
uk/ˈfʊl.mɪ.neɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈfʊl.mə.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/strongandangrycriticism:
Forget all the fulminating; this is agreatbook.
- I nolongertake his fulminating and hisposturingseriously.
- Fulminating against theweatherissurelyfutile.
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- criticism
- dim
- fault
- niggle
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- pick
- sarky
- tear