Meaning

4 senses

  1. Giving off steam.

    We were served with steaming bowls of soup.

    dampfend

  2. Extremely hot

  3. (slang)Very angry.

    I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.

  4. (UK, slang)Extremely drunk.

More definitions
  • filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
giving off steam:

Origin

By surface analysis, steam + -ing.

By surface analysis, steam + -ing.

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Forms

more steaming, most steaming
Comparativemore steaming Lesson
Superlativemost steaming Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
furiousB2enragedsloshedwasted
giving off steam:steamy
very angry:apoplectic
extremely drunk:paralytic
Close in meaning
  • filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist:steamy

Word family

3 related words
Derivedsteaming hotsteaminglyunsteaming

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
steamboatsteamersteampunksteamysteed
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