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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 seething
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
After his second impeachment by the House of Representatives in January 2021, there were reports that a seething Trump was not going to pay his personal attorney's legal fees.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2025
The Clash in 1983 were definitely in that category, as Strummer and Simonon kept seething at Jones’ prima-donna airs.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Lead singer Brandon Coleman, as usual, puts forth a commanding, soulful vocal that encapsulates the lyric’s seething exasperation and longing for less division.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
After his second impeachment by the House of Representatives in January 2021, there were reports that a seething Trump was not going to pay his personal attorney's legal fees.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
After the gold nuclei crashed, the protons and neutrons within them melted into a seething cloud of quark-gluon plasma.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2025
The Clash in 1983 were definitely in that category, as Strummer and Simonon kept seething at Jones’ prima-donna airs.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seething
Adjective
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More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.—
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semafor.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cook, swirling skillet occasionally and reducing heat if browning too quickly or if oil is smoking, until deep golden brown underneath, about 5 minutes.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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As the Chiefs’ offseason got off to an earlier-than-normal start, Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending ACL injury and the uncertainty swirling around Travis Kelce’s future are being closely watched in Kansas City.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Set into motion by an innocuous wish, the James family is forced to explore their generational differences, intra-marital conflicts, raging hormones, and professional anxieties, in a complicated web of body-swapping madness.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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At the time, a war was raging in Europe and the United States was seeking to assert its dominance in Latin America.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This crater would have a 100m pool of molten rock at its center.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Its silvery surface is scarred by dark regions known as lunar maria, where molten lava once flooded enormous impact basins before hardening to create enormous basaltic plains.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Marine officials said the tossing and churning in the surf caused gases to form and inflate the tongue.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bears defensive lineman Austin Booker was the next defender to contact Kinnard, but Kinnard kept churning his feet.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Today, an armada is steaming towards Iran.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Transfer to a large plate, spreading out to keep from steaming.—
Hana Asbrink,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Now, the sizzling Clippers return to the Delta Center on Tuesday night, and the memories remain fresh.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sam Hauser continued his stretch of sizzling shooting with 19 points on 7-of-12 (5-of-10 from 3-point range).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Patterns emerged in the observations, captured both close to the star and further away from it, that suggested a companion star was whirling through Betelgeuse’s extended atmosphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Though lazy Susans are better known for their utility on the table, consider getting one for more flexibility and succinct storage space within corner cabinets for whirling out pots and pans.—
Alex Ronan,
Architectural Digest,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Seething.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seething. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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