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seetheseethe /siːð/ verb [intransitive] seetheOrigin: Old English seothan ‘to boil’ VERB TABLEseethe |
Present | I, you, we, they | seethe | | he, she, it | seethes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | seethed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have seethed | | he, she, it | has seethed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had seethed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will seethe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have seethed |
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Present | I | am seething | | he, she, it | is seething | | you, we, they | are seething | Past | I, he, she, it | was seething | | you, we, they | were seething | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been seething | | he, she, it | has been seething | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been seething | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be seething | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been seething |
- By late May the 9: 15 community was seething.
- It seethes with passionate opinion in a way that rarely marks debates in Washington.
- It was not seething with guests.
- Stephen, seething inwardly, was left with nothing to say.
- The harbor of the naval base seethed with tremendous activity.
- The wood crackled and seethed and the flames united into a single fire.
- Unprepared for the constant clamor, stress and hostility of prison life, he develops a seething anger and torturing headaches.
► be seething with anger (=be extremely angry)· Seething with anger and frustration, Polly pushed back her chair and stood up. ► seethe with rage· The injustice of it made Melissa seethe with rage. ADVERB► still· Yet hatred is still seething below the surface.· She changed into her nightie, surprised at how late it was, still seething.· Still seething with anger, she pulled the bedclothes around her.· I was still seething at the injustice of Oliver Moreton's attitude to me. ► be seething (with something)- By late May the 9: 15 community was seething.
- By the time the girls gather in the locker room at three, Jody is seething again.
- I was seething, yes, but not enough to keep me away from you.
- If Max knew about Modigliani's private life then all Montparnasse would soon be seething with the story.
- In the meantime, the Air Force chief seems to be seething at civilian interference in a military matter.
- She said little, but she was seething inwardly and vowed to fight back.
- The Ducks end the half up by seven, but Jody is seething.
- The office was seething like a beehive when she got in.
1to feel an emotion, especially anger, so strongly that you are almost shaking SYN fumeseethe with He was seething with anger. I was absolutely seething.2be seething (with something) if a place is seething with people, insects etc, there are a lot of them all moving quickly in different directions: The cellar was seething with spiders. |