Seethe

Quick meaning: Seethe is a verb meaning Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

Meaning

Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

More Meanings

1. Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
2. Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.
3. Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest.
4. To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep.
5. To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling.
6. Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move about actively in a crowd or group.
7. To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence (figurative), to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat.

Example Sentences

I obſerue our Ducheſſe / Is ſicke a dayes, ſhe puykes, her ſtomacke ſeethes, […]

My bowels ſeeth wͪ in me ⁊ take no reſt, for yͤ dayes of my trouble are come vpõ me.

Deep Hell! that seethest in thy simmering pit; / Thy thousand throned horrors shall not vie, / Or ever compass it!

[W]hen a pot ſeetheth, if we lade it and moove the liquor up and down, even while it ſeetheth, we ſhall make it quiet.

Word Forms

• seethes
• seething
• seethed
• seethest
• seethedst
• seetheth
• seeth

Synonyms for seethe

Depending on context, synonyms include bubble, hum, buzz, roll, boil, foam.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foam, roll, hum, buzz, boil, stew.

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