seethe

verb

\ ˈsēṯẖ

seethed; seething

Definition of seethe

(Entry 1 of 2)

transitive verb

1 archaic : boil, stew

2 : to soak or saturate in a liquid

intransitive verb

1 archaic : boil

2a : to be in a state of rapid agitated movement

b : to churn or foam as if boiling

3 : to suffer violent internal excitement seethe with jealousy

seethe

noun

Definition of seethe (Entry 2 of 2)

: a state of seething : ebullition

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Synonyms for seethe

Synonyms: Verb

boil, churn, moil, roil

Examples of seethe in a Sentence

Verb

He seethed at his brother's success. We found ourselves in the middle of a seething crowd.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

As the violence seethed, the bricks of the hospital came down. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "The Airplanes That Rescue Ebola Patients," 5 July 2019 Her parents drank, her mother yelled and her father seethed. — Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, "How Elizabeth Warren Learned to Fight," 24 June 2019 Efforts to douse mysteriously fizzy, incandescent fires only made the conflagrations seethe with radioactive steam. — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, "The Chernobyl Syndrome," 4 Apr. 2019 The tent shudders on its stout poles and the tent fabric strains at its triple-sewn seams, seething and popping. — Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, "Polar Light," 10 Jan. 2019 His results showed that the region seethed with mats of photosynthesizing, unicellular life forms long before the Cambrian explosion. — Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, "Early Life in Death Valley," 24 Apr. 2014 Students seethed when the trustees days later voted to raise undergraduate tuition by 11 percent. — oregonlive.com, "Ethics Commission launches preliminary review of former PSU President Shoureshi," 3 June 2019 Below the noise and brutally driving rhythms the music seethes with weird effects — queasy lyricism in the strings, sinister grunts from the contrabassoon, trombones and tuba. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Riccardo Muti and Yo-Yo Ma turn up the heat in an all-Russian program," 15 June 2018 All of this is going on as America seethes and riots over civil rights and the Vietnam War. — George Petras, USA TODAY, "Story of Apollo 8's historic 1968 mission soars in Robert Kurson's fine 'Rocket Men'," 13 Apr. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Australia's seethes at proposal to move BHP Billiton listing. — Bloomberg.com, "Your Evening Briefing," 4 May 2017

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