Seething
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 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 of detaining."
- 1 present participle and gerund of seethe form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid. not-comparable
- 2 In a state of extreme volatility; about to boil over; boiling, bubbling. not-comparable
"There Grendel was watching his blood flow out into the seething tarn."
- 3 In a state of unceasing and furious activity. not-comparable
"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."
- 1 in constant agitation wordnet
Example
More examples"When the scandal broke, the Congressman's constituents were seething."
Etymology
From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing.
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