seethe
Plural: seethes
Verb
Verb Forms: seethed, seething, seethes
- To surge or foam as if boiling; to be intensely agitated.
- be noisy with activity
- be in an agitated emotional state
- foam as if boiling
- boil vigorously
- Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
- Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.
- 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.
- Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest.
- 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.
- To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep.
- To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling.
- Of the stomach: to digest (food).
Noun
- A state of boiling or frothing; ebullition, seething; hence, extreme heat; much activity.
Examples
- His opponent’s fury began to seethe after a brilliant seven-letter word was played.
Origin / Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English sethen, seeth (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”) [and other forms], from Old English sēoþan (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to boil, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-, *h₂sew-, *h₂sut- (“to move about, roil, seethe”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
* Albanian zjej (“to boil, seethe”)
* Danish syde (“to seethe, boil”)
* Dutch zieden (“to boil, seethe”)
* German sieden (“to boil, seethe”)
* Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, “burnt offering, sacrifice”)
* Icelandic sjóða (“to boil, seethe”)
* Low German seden (“to seethe”)
* Norwegian Bokmål syde (“to boil, seethe”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk sjoda, syda (“to boil, seethe”)
* Scots seth, seith (“to seethe”)
* Swedish sjuda (“to boil, seethe”)
* West Frisian siede (“to boil”)
Scrabble Score: 9
seethe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordseethe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
seethe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary