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seething

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verb

present participle of seethe
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as in swirling
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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Recent Examples of seething
Adjective
The play examines what happens when seething anger is turned inward, as well as the desire for reconciliation. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023 While there was a seething fury, reckless abandon, and dark humor present in their work, there was also sincerity, earnestness, and focused artistic ambition. Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2023
Verb
The usually calm German was clearly seething in a short interview with DAZN Espana following the full-time whistle on Saturday night. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 The work begins with soft, airy slipping, the sense of something quietly seething and forming. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for seething
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seething
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Verb
  • Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water.
    Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Here is the list of fighters that gained immortality as a result of this raging inferno.
    Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • However, these formations can also arise from volcanic processes, such as the rapid cooling of molten rock droplets during an eruption, or from meteorite impacts, upon which vaporized rocks condense.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Joining other efforts to decarbonize the steel-production process such as those using hydrogen to refine iron ore, Boston Metal has pioneered a process known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE).
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bateman is in the midst of churning a career-high output of 654 total yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games so far.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, its vivid, expressive prose also explores how aesthetic beauty can cover stomach-churning abuse, while Lin’s rich literary allusions reveal her sensitivity to language and her critical interest in developing a Taiwanese cultural heritage.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Jury empanelment is set to begin on Tuesday for what promises to be a white-hot retrial.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Last Sunday, Duke took just 45 field goal attempts (compared to a whopping 68 FGA by Baylor) and managed to turn those into 89 points thanks to white-hot 64 percent shooting from the floor.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Even if Robert Morris is outmatched on paper, the Tide's blazing tempo means extra possessions, which gives Folgueiras a golden opportunity to stuff the stat sheet.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • However, the Northern Irishman’s blazing play would falter a bit, bogeying the 14th hole while Spaun birdied the 14th and 16th holes.
    Jacob Lev, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
  • That same year, the Legislature appropriated $180 million that the Air Resources Board could use to fund alternatives to burning.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • On the sweltering night of Aug. 22, 2022, Hollis is plunked down on a seat outside the back door of the station near Daniel Taveras, who was popped driving into his own neighborhood.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • During a sweltering week in March 1906, American soldiers ascended Bud Dajo, a 2,000-foot volcano on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Seething.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seething. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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