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as in rages
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 seethes
Trump seethes with hatred and erupts in volcanic fury to denounce, demonize, disparage and threaten anyone who refuses to support his increasingly irrational and harmful proposals and actions.
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Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2025
Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethes
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As the song churns on, the focus narrows in on West until everything else falls away.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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Their immense gravitational influence churns gas, dust, and even proximate stars around them, thus exerting a tremendous influence on their host galaxies.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Europe is bracing for fallout from volatility in energy markets as conflicts rages in the Middle East.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Co-sleeping Is More Common While the debate rages on in America about whether or not co-sleeping is safe, in many African countries, including Kenya and South Africa, as well as Latin America, co-sleeping—whether bed-sharing or room-sharing—is an accepted practice.—
Katrina Donham,
Parents,
25 Feb. 2026
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To load the product onto the brush, Barnes swirls the tool into the pan twice and taps it twice to prevent fallout.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2025
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The lights are dim and jazzy music swirls the intimate crowd.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Nothing steams football fans quite like NBC Sports broadcaster Cris Collinsworth praising Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2026
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Then, Lim steams the breastmilk in an espresso machine before adding the matcha into the drink.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Other seafood boils range from $20 to $50.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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Here are some parties, crawfish boils, king cake locations, and more for the holiday.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Feb. 2026
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If Sunday was any indication, the love affair between Avs fans and Kadri burns as hot as ever.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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The white phosphorus then ignites and burns intensely, destroying the agents by incinerating them – a method meant to reduce the risk of spreading the materials and to limit potential harm to civilians and the surrounding environment.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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California’s Republican politicians have stayed relatively quiet about a federal immigration agent’s shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti, even as his death roils both state and national politics.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The senator was expected to announce her run for governor of Minnesota this week, but the launch is on pause as ICE's presence roils Minneapolis.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Benedict isn’t having it and storms out before Colin even comes back with drinks.—
Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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But the deeper wound comes after Bree storms out.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Seethes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethes. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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