seething
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seething
- /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ UK
Rhymes with -iːðɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing.
adjective
- Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.
- In a state of extreme volatility; about to boil over; boiling, bubbling. There Grendel was watching his blood flow out into the seething tarn.
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In a state of unceasing and furious activity.
Otis was unfeignedly thankful to lay down his work for a little while and escape from the seething, whining, weakly hive, impotent to help itself, but strong in its power to cripple, thwart, and annoy the sunken-eyed man, who, by official irony, was said to be “in charge” of it.
Similar: bustling
noun seethings
- The action of the verb to seethe. Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think
verb
- present participle and gerund of seethe
Translations
Talk about this word "seething." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seething. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seething. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seething "seething." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seething.Cite this
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title = {seething},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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