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seetheto be filled with anger or rage; to boil with emotion

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to be filled with anger or rage; to boil with emotion

Pronunciation (IPA): /siːð/

Korean meaning: 분노로 끓어오르다, 격분하다

Korean pronunciation: **시**드

Example Sentences

  • He tried to stay calm during the meeting, but inside he was seething at his boss's unfair criticism.
  • The soup was seething in the pot, much like my grandmother when she discovered I ate all her cookies.
  • She was seething with jealousy when her rival got the promotion she had worked so hard for.

seethe

VERB

//siːð//

to be filled with anger or rage; to boil with emotion

seethe concept
💡 Concept

An employee seethes with rage after being fired by their boss

seethe rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Hard to breathe when smoke does wreathe, and anger makes you seethe

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/siːð/
🇬🇧 UK/siːð/

🌳Etymology

Rootseethe

Origin

From Old English 'seoðan' meaning 'to boil' or 'to cook in liquid,' related to Gothic 'sauþan' and Proto-Germanic roots. The metaphorical sense of 'to be filled with anger' developed from the bubbling, turbulent action of boiling.

🎵Rhyme

breathewreatheteethe
breathe
wreathe
teethe

🔗Collocations

seethe with anger
seethe with rage
seethe with resentment
seethe quietly
seethe beneath the surface

📝Examples

He tried to stay calm during the meeting, but inside he was seething at his boss's unfair criticism.

😄 Fun example

The soup was seething in the pot, much like my grandmother when she discovered I ate all her cookies.

She was seething with jealousy when her rival got the promotion she had worked so hard for.

😄 Fun example

The coffee shop was seething with frustrated customers after the Wi-Fi went down for the third time.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

boilragefumesimmerburn

Antonyms

calmcoolsoothe

Related

angerfuryresentmentirritationbubble

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