seethed; seething
1
: to suffer violent internal excitement
seethe with jealousy
2
a
: to be in a state of rapid agitated movement
b
: to churn or foam as if boiling
3
archaic
: boil
: a state of seething : ebullition
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Verb
He seethed at his brother's success.
We found ourselves in the middle of a seething crowd.
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2024
We're used to seething resentments and bizarre claims, boasts and lies.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
As any thinking adult must surely know by now, history seethes with untold narratives.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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Verb
Horn had exited the public eye in 2015 following a stroke that postdated a career spent creating a multifaceted oeuvre that seethed with energy.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2024
We're used to seething resentments and bizarre claims, boasts and lies.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
Not ambition to succeed on the world’s terms (though that asserted its own maddening static) but ambition to find forms for the seethe of rage, remembrance, and wild vitality that seemed, unaccountably, like sound inside me, demanding language but prelinguistic, somehow.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
As any thinking adult must surely know by now, history seethes with untold narratives.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seethe. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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