verb
fulminate
Fulminate (verb) means to speak out angrily against something.
verb
1
To speak out angrily against something.
"To be sure, Trump has fulminated on Twitter against the judges who rebuffed him. But his tirades have earned him a reprimand––if a brief, vague one––from his own Supreme Court nominee."
— Peter Beinart, American Institutions Are Fighting Back Against Trump (2017)
2
To put out as a strong public condemnation.
"While they were the opposition, Democrats fulminated that the Republicans were so deep in the pockets of Big Pharma that they wouldn’t even let the government negotiate lower drug prices."
— David Brooks, Mr. Chips Goes to Congress (2007)
3
To make a sudden, loud crashing sound.
4
To hit with a bolt of lightning, or to set something off in an explosion.
"the present owners couldn't afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines."
— Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice (2009)
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fulminaten, borrowed from Latin fulminātus, perfect passive participle of fulminō (“to lighten, hurl or strike with lightning”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fulmen (“lightning which strikes and sets on fire, thunderbolt”), from earlier *fulgmen, *fulgimen, from fulgeō, fulgō (“flash, lighten”). Doublet of fulmine. More at fulgent.
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What is the meaning of fulminate?
"fulminate" (verb) means to speak out angrily against something.
What is another word for fulminate?
Other words for "fulminate" include condemn, berate, vilify, criticize, rail, denounce.
What is the opposite of fulminate?
The opposite of "fulminate" is laud.
What are the different meanings of fulminate?
"fulminate" has 3 main meanings: 1. To speak out angrily against something; 2. To put out as a strong public condemnation; 3. To make a sudden, loud crashing sound.
