MEANING
1. To be filled with strong anger or similar agitation.
2. To boil, bubble, or move as an agitated mass.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- seethe with anger
- seethe with resentment
On the page
He seethed while the chairman explained the omission.
Word forms
- Base
- seethe
- Past tense
- seethed
- Past participle
- seethed
- Present participle
- seething
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- seethe
- Present continuous
- am/is/are seething
- Present perfect
- have/has seethed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been seething
- Past
- seethed
- Past continuous
- was/were seething
- Past perfect
- had seethed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been seething
- Future
- will seethe
- Future continuous
- will be seething
- Future perfect
- will have seethed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been seething
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: seethe; seethes; seethed; seethed; seething Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: seethes.
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