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seethe verb [ siːð ]

• (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling.
• "the grey ocean seethed"
Similar: boil, bubble, simmer, foam, froth, rise, ferment, fizz, effervesce, teem, swarm, swirl, convulse, churn, whirl, surge,
• (of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger.
• "inwardly he was seething at the slight to his authority"
Similar: be angry, be furious, be enraged, be incensed, be infuriated, be beside oneself, have lost one's temper, have/throw a fit, boil, simmer, be boiling over, chafe, rage, be in a rage, rant, rave, rant and rave, storm, fume, smoulder, spit, breathe fire, burn, be livid, be wild, jump up and down, froth/foam at the mouth, be steamed up, be hot under the collar, do one's head/nut in, throw a wobbly, spit feathers,
• (of a place) be crowded with people or things moving about in a rapid or hectic way.
• "the entire cellar was seething with spiders"
Origin: Old English sēothan ‘make or keep boiling’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden .


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