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Another word for seethe

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Verb

  1. To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil

      1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.
      2. To exist in a suppressed state:
      3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
      1. To be cooked gently or remain just at or below the boiling point.
      2. To be filled with pent-up emotion:
      3. To be in a state of mild agitation or turmoil:
      1. Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation.
      2. Fermentation.
      3. A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.
      1. A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.
      2. Turbulence or agitation:
      3. To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter.
      1. To undergo combustion or be consumed as fuel:
      2. To be damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent:
      3. To consume fuel:
      1. A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas:
      2. A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid:
      3. A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.
      1. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:
      2. To reach the boiling point.
      3. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
    See also:

    calm

  2. To be or become angry

      1. The vapor phase of water.
      2. A mist of cooling water vapor.
      3. Pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.
      1. Violent, explosive anger.
      2. A fit of anger.
      3. Furious intensity, as of a storm or disease.
      1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
      2. A strong or acrid odor.
      3. A state of resentment or vexation.
      1. A colloidal dispersion of a gas in a liquid or solid medium, such as shaving cream, foam rubber, or a substance used to fight fires. A foam may be produced, especially on the surface of a liquid, by agitation or by a chemical reaction, such as fermentation.
      2. Any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials, usually the solidified form of a liquid full of gas bubbles, used as a building material or for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.
      3. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.
      1. A sudden outbreak of flame or light:
      2. An outburst or eruption:
      3. A recurrence, especially of a disease or condition:
      1. To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space:
      2. To burst violently as a result of internal pressure.
      3. To shatter with a loud noise:
      1. To undergo combustion or be consumed as fuel:
      2. To be damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent:
      3. To consume fuel:
      1. A stiff hair.
      2. A stiff hairlike structure:
      3. To stand stiffly on end like bristles:
      1. (intransitive) To boil to such an extent as to overflow its container.
      2. (idiomatic, of anger, etc.) To reach the point where aggressive action is taken.
      1. A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.
      2. To make angry; enrage or provoke.
      3. To become angry:
    Idioms:
    See also:

    feelings

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for seethe

Verb

  1. To boil or be agitated

      1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.
      2. To exist in a suppressed state:
      3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
      1. Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation.
      2. Fermentation.
      3. A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.
      1. A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.
      2. Turbulence or agitation:
      3. To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter.
      1. A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas:
      2. A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid:
      3. A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.
    See also:

    bubble

    boil

  2. To be angry

      1. The vapor phase of water.
      2. A mist of cooling water vapor.
      3. Pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.
      1. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:
      2. To reach the boiling point.
      3. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
      1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
      2. A strong or acrid odor.
      3. A state of resentment or vexation.
    See also:

    boil

    fume

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Sentence Examples

  • Making a Virgo seethe with passion is quite a feat!

  • Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

  • seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

  • seethe I left the match on Saturday evening I was seething mad.

  • seethe was often called ' sad ' in fact was anger seething just below the surface.

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