seethe

American  

[seeth] / sið /

verb (used without object)

seethed, sod, seethed, sodden, sod, seething

1. to surge or foam as if boiling.

2. to be in a state of agitation or excitement.

3. Archaic. to boil.

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verb (used with object)

seethed, sod, seethed, sodden, sod, seething

1. to soak or steep.

2. to cook by boiling or simmering; boil.

noun

1. the act of seething.

2. the state of being agitated or excited.

seethe British  

/ siːð /

verb

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. archaic (tr) to cook or extract the essence of (a food) by boiling

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noun

1. the act or state of seething

Related Words

See boil ¹.

Other Word Forms

• seethingly adverb
• unseethed adjective
• unseething adjective

Etymology

Origin of seethe

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English sēothan; cognate with German sieden, Swedish sjuda

Example Sentences

Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.

From The Wall Street Journal

Complaining can feel confrontational so many of us find ourselves making passive aggressive remarks or silently seething and then going home to vent online.

From BBC

Sister Rochelle, played by April Grace with seething intensity, sets her straight.

From Los Angeles Times

Exasperated travelers seethed at airports for hours and sometimes had to wait a day for the next available flight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brady was a sixth round afterthought motivated by seething resentment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• boil
• bristle
• flare
• fume
• simmer
• smolder