seethed; seething
1
: to suffer violent internal excitement
seethe with jealousy
2
a
: to be in a state of rapid agitated movement
b
: to churn or foam as if boiling
3
archaic
: boil
: a state of seething : ebullition
Examples of seethe in a Sentence
Verb
He seethed at his brother's success.
We found ourselves in the middle of a seething crowd.
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The two kids are just sitting there reacting to it, and Richard Dreyfuss is just sitting there seething.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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Verb
After Harry leaves, Eddie sits in silence, seething as a single tear streams down his face.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The two kids are just sitting there reacting to it, and Richard Dreyfuss is just sitting there seething.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
Not ambition to succeed on the world’s terms (though that asserted its own maddening static) but ambition to find forms for the seethe of rage, remembrance, and wild vitality that seemed, unaccountably, like sound inside me, demanding language but prelinguistic, somehow.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seethe. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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