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steamed

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /stiːmd/
  • General-American: /stiːmd/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːmd
  • CMU ARPABET: S T IY1 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Heated and processed by steam, such as being cooked by steaming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nonsteamed, unsteamed

2

adj

Meaning 2

Angry; hot under the collar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, informal

Examples

  • He was steamed that the car cut him off. It took almost half an hour for him to calm down.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling, boiling mad, butthurt, cheesed off, choleric, cranky, cross, enraged, fit to be tied, frustrated, fuming, furibund, furious, fury, glimflashy, grim, hopping mad, ill-natured, incensed, infuriated, irate, ireful, ired, irritated, little mad, livid, mad, mad as a bear with a sore head, miffed, offended, pathetic, pissed off, p'd off, pissed, pissy, raging, ready to be tied, screwfaced, seething, spitting chips, splenetic, sore, steaming, up on one's ear, upset, vexed, waxy, wode, wrathful, wroth, zowerswopped

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of steam

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

cooked in steam

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • steamed clams

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

aroused to impatience or anger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • made an irritated gesture
  • feeling nettled from the constant teasing
  • peeved about being left out
  • felt really pissed at her snootiness
  • riled no end by his lies
  • roiled by the delay

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, stung

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 蒸 (zing1) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Chinese Cantonese: 清蒸 — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒸 (zhēng) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清蒸 (qīngzhēng) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Min Nan Chinese: 蒸 (cheng) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Czech: dušený — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Dutch: gestoomd — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Finnish: höyrytetty — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Finnish: höyrykypsennetty — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • French: à la vapeur — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Italian: a vapore — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Japanese: 蒸し (mushi) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Mongolian: жигнэсэн (žignesen) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Persian: بخارپز (bokhār-paz) — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Spanish: al vapor — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Tagalog: tiim — having been cooked by exposure to steam
  • Turkish: buğulama — having been cooked by exposure to steam
Real reading context

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