seetheverb [ I ]
uk/siːð/us/siːð/seethe verb [ I ] (FEEL ANGER)
to feel very angry but to be unable or unwilling to express it clearly:
The rest of the class positively seethed with indignation when Julia won the award.
By the end of the meeting he was seething.
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for blood idiom
- froth
- get bent out of shape idiom
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- go off the deep end idiom
- launch
- lose
- postal
- sharp
- storm
- tempers get frayed idiom
- turn in your grave idiom
- umbrage
- wobbly
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seethe verb [ I ] (MOVE)
(of a large number or amount) to move around energetically in a small space:
The streets were seething (= busy and crowded) with tourists.
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General words for movement
- betake
- budge
- budge up
- circulate
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- head
- locomotion
- manoeuvre
- mill around
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- move
- round
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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seething
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/us/ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/
A feeling of seething resentment led to angry exchanges between the teams.
A seething mass of children crowded around the tables.