seethe

🇺🇸 /siːð/ 🇬🇧 /siːð/
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verb
R

to be very angry but not show it

He seethed with anger but kept his voice calm.

R

to be crowded with people or animals

The park was seething with children playing.

R

to move around quickly and violently

The water in the pot seethed as it boiled.

translation

v. to be very angry but not show it; to be crowded with people or animals; to move around quickly and violently

Word Forms

3rd Present seethes
Past seethed
Perfect seethed
Progressive seething