seethe

seethe
[[t]si͟ːð[/t]]
seethes, seething, seethed
1) VERB When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not express your feelings about it.

She took it calmly at first but under the surface was seething...

[V prep] She put a hand on her hip, grinning derisively, while I seethed with rage...

[V prep] He is seething at all the bad press he is getting.

[V-ing] ...a seething anger fueled by decades of political oppression.

Syn:
2) VERB (emphasis) If you say that a place is seething with people or things, you are emphasizing that it is very full of them and that they are all moving about.

[V with n] The forest below him seethed and teemed with life...

[V-ing] Madrigueras station was a seething mass of soldiers. [Also V]

Syn:
swarm, throb

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  • Seethe — Seethe, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p. {Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE. sethen, AS. se[ o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. {Sod} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Seethe — Seethe, v. i. To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13. [1913 Webster] A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seethe — [ sið ] verb intransitive 1. ) to be extremely angry: Don t threaten me, Ronnie seethed. seethe with: He still seethed with anger over Maude s comments. 2. ) to be full of a lot of people or animals that are moving around quickly: seethe with:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • seethe — (v.) O.E. seoþan to boil (class II strong verb; past tense seaþ, pp. soden), from P.Gmc. *seuthanan (Cf. O.N. sjoða, O.Fris. siatha, Du. zieden, O.H.G. siodan, Ger. sieden to seethe ), from PIE root *seut to seethe, boil. Driven ou …   Etymology dictionary

  • seethe — [si:ð] v [: Old English; Origin: seothan [i] to boil ] 1.) to feel an emotion, especially anger, so strongly that you are almost shaking = ↑fume seethe with ▪ He was seething with anger. ▪ I was absolutely seething. 2.) be seething (with sth) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • seethe — index burn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • seethe — *boil, simmer, parboil, stew …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • seethe — [v] be very angry be furious, be incensed, be livid, be mad, be on the warpath*, blow one’s stack*, blow up*, boil, breathe fire*, bristle, burn, ferment, flare, flip, foam, foam at mouth*, froth, fume, hit the ceiling*, rage, see red*, simmer,… …   New thesaurus

  • seethe — ► VERB 1) (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling. 2) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger. 3) be crowded with people or things. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • seethe — [sēth] vt. seethed, seething [ME sethen < OE sēothan, akin to Ger sieden < IE base * sew , to cook, boil > Sans hāvayan, (they) stew] 1. to cook by boiling 2. to soak, steep, or saturate in liquid vi. 1. to boil or to surge, bubble, or… …   English World dictionary

  • seethe — v. (D; intr.) to seethe with (to seethe with rage) * * * [siːð] (D; intr.) to seethe with (to seethe with rage) …   Combinatory dictionary

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