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as in to rage
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence
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Recent Examples of seethe
Her Catherine is less defined by the quirky, appealing eccentricities of Mary-Louise Parker’s performance in the original 2000 Broadway staging, but is girded by a certain angry resignation, fearful of what life might have in store, furious too, yet seething with a will to defy it all.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
So Isaac and Mulligan have done seething resentment before in the most watchable way.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
And because our planet back then was a seething ball of magma, the lunar nearside should have been baked like crème brûlée, with the nearside turning molten and bubbly.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
The footnotes are seething with granularity.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
So Isaac and Mulligan have done seething resentment before in the most watchable way.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
And because our planet back then was a seething ball of magma, the lunar nearside should have been baked like crème brûlée, with the nearside turning molten and bubbly.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
The footnotes are seething with granularity.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethe
Verb
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Garbage cans and debris also could be seen swirling around a parked car.—
Darius Johnson,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The flickering of the quasar at different wavelengths is connected to variations in the temperature of the gas swirling around this black hole.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
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Her recent work revives a dreamy Renaissance style to show its absurd incompatibility with the raging, petulant menaces in whom the world’s power is concentrated.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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As Iran takes the field on Monday, war may or may not still be raging, pending peace talks.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Everyone was in the water, churning over every mound of debris.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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Just in time for the semiquincentennial, the churning waves of social media discontent have parted and given us a glimpse of how these United States look (and taste) to wide-eyed World Cup attendees.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Primitive manmade paths have been carved among the hills, which are dotted with steaming vents, small rivers, and glacial ice.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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When in doubt, stick to food that is cooked and served steaming hot.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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In the meantime, boil a kettle of water.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Use kosher salt when seasoning, roasting, brining, pickling, baking, or even just boiling water for your favorite pasta recipe.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2026
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Aerial footage showed large flames burning near a cul-de-sac of homes as helicopters made water drops and hand crews on the ground worked to create a containment line.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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And just as the image of black people beaten for trying to cross a bridge resonated beyond our community, the image of a Palestinian hooked up to an IV, writhing in agony and burning alive, resonates far beyond theirs.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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Trump and Iran’s lead negotiator signed an agreement on Monday to extend a tenuous ceasefire by 60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes for an end to the historic energy shock that has roiled global markets and clouded the growth outlook.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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In April, police used tear gas and pepper spray to repel a large group of animal welfare activists that stormed the farm in an attempt to take beagles from the facility.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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But to compare them with Thomas Jefferson or American soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy is absurd and more than a little insulting.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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