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Definition of seethe verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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.
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • inwardly
    • privately
    • quietly
    preposition
    • at
    • with
    See full entry
  2. 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.
  3. (literary) (of liquids) to move around quickly and violently
    • The grey ocean seethed beneath them.
  4. Word OriginOld English sēothan ‘make or keep boiling’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden.
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