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seething

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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.

seething [ˈsiːðɪŋ]
adj
1. boiling or foaming as if boiling
2. crowded and full of restless activity
3. in a state of extreme agitation, esp through anger
seethingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.seething - in constant agitation; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"- Shakespeare
agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"
Translations
seething
adj seething [ˈsiːðiŋ]
1 (sometimes withwith) very crowded a seething mass of people; The beach is seething with people. wemelagtig مُزْدَحِم، مُكْتَظ гъмжащ hemžící se vrimle wallend κατάμεστος hirviendo, atestado kihisev شلوغ بودن kuhiseva grouillant (de) רוֹגֵש लोगों से भरा koji vrvi kavargó penuh sesak morandi in fermento ごったがえした 들끓다 knibždantis, tirštas pārpilns penuh sesak kolkend vrimle (med) rojący się fervilhante aglomerat кишащий; бурлящий hemžiaci sa prenapolnjen prepun myllrande พลุกพล่าน kaynaşan 非常擁擠的 переповнений людом اشتعال کی حالت میں، جوش میں rất đông
2 (usually withwith) very excited or agitated seething with excitement/anger. borrel met ساخِط جِدا، يَغْلي من شِدَّة السُّخْط кипящ vřící syde af raseri kochend ταραγμένος, σε υπεδιέγερση borbotar pulbitsev بي قرار بودن kihisevä bouillonnant (de) רוֹתֵחַ, סוֹעֵר उत्तेजना या गुस्सा से भरा koji ključa, kipti forr(ong)ó terpengaruh sjóðandi in fermento 騒然とした 끓어오르다 trykštantis, verdantis traks (aiz dusmām); kā sadedzis meluap-luap ziedend sydende, kokende podniecony, kipiący cheio de furios охваченный prekypujúci, blčiaci besneč, prekipevajoč uzbuđen sjudande เดือดดาล çok heyacanlı, kaygılı 激動的 клекотячий جوش کی حالت میں nóng sôi
3 very angry He was seething when he left the meeting. baie kwaad غاضِب جِدا вбесен vzteklý syde af raseri kochend εξοργισμένος furioso raevust keev عصباني raivostunut furibond רוֹתֵחַ बेहद गुस्सा bijesan, vrlo ljut forr benne a méreg sangat marah vera í uppnámi furibondo 激怒した 흥분하다 įsiutęs dusmās zvērojošs rasa marahnya meluap-luap ziedend som koker av raseri, illsint, rasende gotujący się, wrzący gniewem furioso furibund, furios кипящий гневом zlostný, zúrivý razburjen besan kokande av ilska โกรธมาก çok öfkeli 盛怒的 такий, що кипить гнівом بہت غصے میں tức giận, sôi tiết


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On one side of her lay a quantity of wooden arrows the points of which she dipped into the seething substance, then laying them upon a narrow rack of boughs which stood upon her other side.
But behind the veil of smoke the sun was still high, and in front and especially to the left, near Semenovsk, something seemed to be seething in the smoke, and the roar of cannon and musketry did not diminish, but even increased to desperation like a man who, straining himself, shrieks with all his remaining strength.
Burning with white-hot anger was the High Priestess, her heart a seething, molten mass of hatred for Tarzan of the Apes.
 
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