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Adjective: seething  see-dhing
  1. In constant agitation
    "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"
     
  2. Feeling or showing extreme anger
    "He was seething when he saw the damage";
    - irate, ireful [archaic], apoplectic [informal], furious, fuming, hopping mad [informal], steaming [informal], livid
Verb: seethe  seedh
  1. Feel intense but often unexpressed anger or agitation
    "The customer was seething with anger";
    - boil
     
  2. Boil vigorously
    "The liquid was seething";
    - roll
     
  3. Foam as if boiling
    "a seething liquid"
     
  4. Be noisy with activity
    "This office is seething with activity";
    - hum, buzz

See also: agitated, angry, cross

Type of: boil, churn, effervesce, experience, feel, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, go, moil [N. Amer], roil, sound, sparkle

Encyclopedia: Seething

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