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seethe

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seethe  (s)
intr.v. seethed, seeth·ing, seethes
1. To churn and foam as if boiling.
2.
a. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment: The nation seethed with suppressed revolutionary activity.
b. To be violently excited or agitated: I seethed with anger over the insult. See Synonyms at boil1.
3. Archaic To come to a boil.

[Middle English sethen, to boil, from Old English sothan.]

seethe n.

seethe [siːð]
vb
1. (intr) to boil or to foam as if boiling
2. (intr) to be in a state of extreme agitation, esp through anger
3. (tr) to soak in liquid
4. (Cookery) (tr) Archaic to cook or extract the essence of (a food) by boiling
n
the act or state of seething
[Old English sēothan; related to Old Norse sjōtha, Old High German siodan to seethe]

Seethe a boiling; an extreme state of agitation, 1606.
Example: seethe of patriotic feelings.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.seethe - be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
pullulate, swarm, teem - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
2.seethe - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"
bubble over, spill over, overflow - overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"
ferment - be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"
sizzle - seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
3.seethe - foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"
effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
4.seethe - boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
roil, churn, moil, boil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"

seethe
verb
1. be furious, storm, rage, fume, simmer, be in a state (informal), see red (informal), be incensed, be livid, be pissed (off) (taboo slang), go ballistic (slang, chiefly U.S.), foam at the mouth, be incandescent, get hot under the collar (informal), wig out (slang), breathe fire and slaughter Under the surface she was seething.
2. teem, be full of, abound, swarm, bristle, brim, be abundant, be alive with, be crawling with The forest below him seethed and teemed with life.
3. boil, bubble, foam, churn, fizz, ferment, froth a seething cauldron of broth
Translations
seethe [siːð] VI
1. (lit) → borbotear, hervir
2. (fig) he's seethingestá furioso
to seethe with angerestar furioso
seethe [ˈsiːð] vi
[boiling liquid, sea, lava] → bouillonner
(= be angry) [person] → bouillir
to seethe with anger → bouillir de colère
to seethe with rage → bouillir de rage
(= teem) [place] → grouiller
to seethe with people → grouiller de monde
see-through [ˈsiːθruː] adjtransparent(e)
seethe
vi (= boil)sieden; (= surge)schäumen; (= be crowded)wimmeln (with von); (= be angry)kochen (inf); to seethe with angervor Wut schäumen or kochen (inf); resentment seethed in himer schäumte innerlich vor Groll; the crowd seethed forwarddie Menge drängte sich vor; a seething mass of peopleeine wogende Menschenmenge
seethe [siːð] vi (liquid) → ribollire, gorgogliare; (street) to seethe (with)brulicare (di)
to seethe or be seething with anger → schiumare or fremere di rabbia
seethe [siːð] vi (liquid) → ribollire, gorgogliare; (street) to seethe (with)brulicare (di)
to seethe or be seething with anger → schiumare or fremere di rabbia


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Worms of the riper grave unhid By any kindly coffin lid, Obscene and shameless to the light, Seethe in insatiate appetite, Through putrid offal; while above The hissing blow-fly seeks his love, Whose offspring, supping where they supt, Consume corruption twice corrupt.
Should he die before the expiration of the thousand years from the birth of the thern whose immortality abides within him then the soul passes into a great white ape, but should the ape die short of the exact hour that terminates the thousand years the soul is for ever lost and passes for all eternity into the carcass of the slimy and fearsome silian whose wriggling thousands seethe the silent sea beneath the hurtling moons when the sun has gone and strange shapes walk through the Valley Dor.
they break--they are pushed back--now the wave of slaughter seethes along the sands--now the foe is swept like floating weed, and from all the line there comes a hissing like the hissing of thin waters.
 
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