seethe
verb /siːð/
/siːð/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they seethe | /siːð/ /siːð/ |
| he / she / it seethes | /siːðz/ /siːðz/ |
| past simple seethed | /siːðd/ /siːðd/ |
| past participle seethed | /siːðd/ /siːðd/ |
| -ing form seething | /ˈsiːðɪŋ/ /ˈsiːðɪŋ/ |
- to be extremely angry about something but to try not to show other people how angry you are synonym fume
- She seethed silently in the corner.
- seethe with something He marched off, seething with frustration.
- seethe at something Inwardly he was seething at this challenge to his authority.
- She was seething at the insult.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- inwardly
- privately
- quietly
- …
- at
- with
- seethe (with something) (of a place) to be full of a lot of people or animals, especially when they are all moving around
- The resort is seething with tourists all year round.
- He became caught up in a seething mass of arms and legs.
- (literary) (of liquids) to move around quickly and violently
- The grey ocean seethed beneath them.
Word OriginOld English sēothan ‘make or keep boiling’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden.