seething

/ ˈsiːðɪŋ /

adjective

1. boiling or foaming as if boiling

2. crowded and full of restless activity

3. in a state of extreme agitation, esp through anger

Other Word Forms

• seethingly adverb

Example Sentences

A seething Marco Silva told TNT Sports the decision to disallow King's fine finish was "unbelievable".

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Bass appeared to be seething as she spoke to reporters after Newsom’s press conference on Thursday, calling the raid in Little Tokyo a “provocative act” and “unbelievably disrespectful.”

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Emotionally, however, he and Spears represent the public face of their respective generation’s completely understandable private seething.

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And they delivered, with a seething set full of menace and vigor.

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John Lennon would undoubtedly have approved of Osbourne's seething critique of the music industry, summed up in the line: "Bog blast all of you."

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Related Words

• agitation 
• commotion 
• convulsion 
• disturbance 
• excitement 
• ferment 
• fracas 
• hassle 
• maelstrom 
• outcry 
• pandemonium 
• quarrel 
• riot 
• strife 
• turbulence 
• turmoil 
• unrest 
• upheaval