seethe
seethe Lexical Profile
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• verb
To be filled with intense but unexpressed anger, resentment, or agitation.
"She continued to seethe silently throughout the meeting after her proposal was dismissed without discussion."
To bubble, foam, or churn violently as if boiling (of a liquid).
"Below the cliffs, the dark ocean waters began to seethe against the jagged rocks as the storm approached."
To be crowded with people or things moving about in a rapid, agitated manner.
"By mid-morning, the central marketplace began to seethe with merchants and commuters."
Word Nuance & Usage
The adjective "sodden" (meaning thoroughly soaked) originally evolved as the irregular past participle of "seethe," though the verb is now conjugated regularly as "seethed."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English seothan, meaning "to boil," derived from a Proto-Germanic root shared with German sieden. Its literal culinary sense of boiling food largely gave way in modern English to the figurative image of inward, bubbling anger.