seethe (redirected from seethed)

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.

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

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seethe n.

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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]

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Seethe a boiling; an extreme state of agitation, 1606.

Example: seethe of patriotic feelings.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	seethe - be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity" hum, buzz 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" boil 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" roll roil, churn, moil, boil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"

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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 seething → está furioso
to seethe with anger → estar 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] adj → transparent(e)

seethe

vi (= boil) → sieden; (= surge) → schäumen; (= be crowded) → wimmeln (with von); (= be angry) → kochen (inf); to seethe with anger → vor Wut schäumen or kochen (inf); resentment seethed in him → er schäumte innerlich vor Groll; the crowd seethed forward → die Menge drängte sich vor; a seething mass of people → eine 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

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seethe [siːð] vi (liquid) → ribollire, gorgogliare; (street) to seethe (with) → brulicare (di)
to seethe or be seething with anger → schiumare or fremere di rabbia