SEETHES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

seethes

verb

present tense third-person singular of seethe

as in churns

to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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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 Tom Rhys Harries seethes as Matt Hagen, a pretty boy who loses his looks only to regain them from an experimental procedure that makes a jumble of his psyche. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 In the very human-scale role of Chef, all that glamour and pageantry seethes just beneath the skin. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 As Seth seethes about his separation from his home country (and the family fortune), Arias interweaves a backstory involving assassination, undisclosed parentage and (as the title suggests) the perilous creatures slithering across the landscape. — Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 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. — 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 Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2025

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Although all of the solar system’s planets with atmospheres have wave-spawning disturbances, only Saturn churns them out looking like polygons, geometric shapes bounded by straight lines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
For all of Jaws' carnage, nothing churns the gut quite like the death of local boy Alex Kintner, played by Jeffrey Voorhees.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026

Definition of churns

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The book takes on the form of a journal by Utsugi, an aging patriarch, who, recovering from a stroke, discovers that while his body is decaying, his libido rages on.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
As the new school year begins, the debate over digital versus analog learning rages on, while more school districts reconsider the role of devices in the classroom.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of rages

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Max Martin, Grande sings of blowing through breakups and make-ups and enduring mounting exhaustion with mass notoriety while the music swirls patiently and frequently angrily underneath.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
The galaxy's heart shines brightly in the image, with gleaming rays of light radiating from its center while gas and dust swirls around.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 19 May 2026

Definition of swirls

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The kitchen steams between 1,500 and 1,800 of three varieties every night at Adams Morgan’s 11-year-old Afghan hot spot.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
The series left Netflix at the end of June (A Year in the Life remains available there) and currently steams on Hulu and Prime Video.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of steams

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The rivalry burns as strong as ever, but so does the mutual respect, which survives the collisions, politics and long silences.

— Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
There’s a mysterious sickness going around, apparently caused by a toxic fog that invisibly burns the skin of whoever comes into contact with it.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of burns

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Tehran has dug in its heels — to Trump’s frustration — as energy prices rise, the global economy roils and poll numbers on the administration’s handling of the war dip ahead of November’s midterm congressional elections.

— Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Tehran has dug in its heels — to Trump’s frustration — as energy prices rise, the global economy roils and poll numbers on the administration's handling of the war dip ahead of November’s midterm congressional elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of roils

Verb

But after Chad refuses to follow Gerry’s demands during the team’s final game, Gerry storms onto the field to reveal his secret — only to be tackled by Tricia Yeager’s (Wynn Everett) bodyguard.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
This does not sit well with Chapel, who witnesses the exchange then storms off angrily.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

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