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as in to rage
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence
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Recent Examples of seethe
Increasingly seething backlash against Boone seems to doubt there’s more to the TV and internet star turned Grammy nominee than these high-flying antics.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 June 2025
There’s another aspect of the show that mirrors modern times: A seething anger so strong that in one bit Judas deliberately walks into Jesus.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025
May is introduced accepting an award from a local LGBTQ+ group for her advocacy work, while Angela seethes in the audience.
—Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2025
The way Zay seethes, though, indicates this situation is far from settled.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 June 2025
There’s another aspect of the show that mirrors modern times: A seething anger so strong that in one bit Judas deliberately walks into Jesus.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025
May is introduced accepting an award from a local LGBTQ+ group for her advocacy work, while Angela seethes in the audience.
—Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2025
The way Zay seethes, though, indicates this situation is far from settled.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethe
Verb
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In Tennessee, jam cake batter is swirled with blackberry jam.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
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After reports came out that the Lakers wanted to move on from James following his decision to opt in to the final year of his contract, trade rumors immediately started swirling.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The best analogue for this moment may be Trump’s online raging after the January 6, 2021, insurrection.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 July 2025
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Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.—
Andrew Ford,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Combined with extended plan commitments, these steps would reduce plans’ churn costs and encourage prevention investments.—
Dr. Ashwin Vasan,
New York Daily News,
18 July 2025
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But Peacock execs may be willing to take a modest hit to churn rates now, both because of the additional revenue the higher prices (and the NBA) will bring in, as well as to better position the platform for streaming’s bundled future.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
Verb
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After the rice has steamed, fluff it gently with a fork to separate the grains.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
17 July 2025
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There are several ways to prepare peas, including boiling, roasting, sautéing, microwaving, air frying, or steaming.—
Julie Marks,
Verywell Health,
10 July 2025
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Armenians boiled your parchment skin to make yellow umber for silk and wool.—
Peter Balakian,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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By crushing bones and boiling them to extract grease, Neanderthals tapped into a rich energy source, using techniques once thought to belong only to much later human groups.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
Verb
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By next year at this time, some other new variation of AI may be roiling the landscape.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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While the United States’ rating slid, the euro-zone debt crisis roiled through Europe, and the bad news about the American downgrade made anxious investors feel only more scared.—
Mary Childs,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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In that way, camp couldn’t be more different than a year ago, before the Broncos stormed to a 10-7 mark and a playoff appearance and nearly doubled the general range of wins that bookmakers pegged them for.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
22 July 2025
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The relative said female family members who survived the massacre recalled how militants had stormed the family’s multi-story home early in the morning, prompting the residents to fight back in defense.—
Sarah Dewberry,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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