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 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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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
First, Two Scoops Creamery uses a high butter fat content and churns the ice cream directly in the Plaza Midwood store.

— Tristan Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026

Definition of churns

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So long as the conflict there rages, fueling inflation thanks to higher energy prices, that will further drive up yields, according to Adam Phillips, managing director of investments at EP Wealth Advisors.

— Sean Conlon, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Debate rages on about playoff formats and conference realignments.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 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 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
Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of steams

Verb

The clip shows the moment of ignition of one of the spacecraft's six Raptor 3 engines, which burns for approximately 15 seconds.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of burns

Verb

Voter fraud roils an election The presidential election of 1840 arguably didn’t go very well for either the challenger William Henry Harrison or the incumbent Martin Van Buren.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
His statement comes the day before Britain marks the 10th anniversary of its vote to leave the European Union, a decision that still roils the country’s economy and politics.

— Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

Definition of roils

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Mars storms the Official Streaming chart with five titles, while one of his most successful collaborations becomes a bestseller again on multiple rosters.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Although significant, that event was far less powerful than the Carrington Event — or the even rarer storms the new study suggests may be possible.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026

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