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seethe

(sēth)
v. seethed, seeth·ing, seethes
v.intr.
1. To churn and foam as if boiling.
2.
a. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment: The nation seethed with rebellion.
b. To be violently excited or agitated: I seethed with anger over the insult. See Synonyms at boil 1.
3. Archaic To boil.
v.tr. Archaic
To boil (something).
[Middle English sethen, to boil, from Old English sēothan.]
seethe n.
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seething

(ˈsiːðɪŋ)
adj
1. boiling or foaming as if boiling
2. crowded and full of restless activity
3. in a state of extreme agitation, esp through anger
ˈseethingly adv
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Adj. 1. seething - in constant agitation; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"- Shakespeare
agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"
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Translations
ساخِط جِدا، يَغْلي من شِدَّة السُّخْطغاضِب جِدامُزْدَحِم، مُكْتَظ
hemžící sevřícívzteklý
syde af raserivrimle
forrongókavargó
morandisjóîandivera í uppnámi
knibždantistrykštantisverdantis
dusmās zvērojošskā sadedzispārpilnstraks
blčiacihemžiaci saprekypujúci
çok heyacanlıçok öfkelikaygılıkaynaşan

seething

(ˈsiːðiŋ) adjective
1. (sometimes with with) very crowded. a seething mass of people; The beach is seething with people. wemelagtig مُزْدَحِم، مُكْتَظ гъмжащ fervilhante hemžící se wallend vrimle κατάμεστος hirviendo, atestado kihisev شلوغ بودن kuhista grouillant (de) רוגש लोगों से भरा koji vrvi kavargó penuh sesak morandi in fermento ごったがえした 들끓다 knibždantis, tirštas pārpilns penuh sesak kolkend vrimle rojący się غالمغال،چيغي، fervilhante aglomerat кишащий; бурлящий hemžiaci sa prenapolnjen prepun myllrande แออัดยัดเยียด kaynaşan 非常擁擠的 переповнений людом اشتعال کی حالت میں، جوش میں rất đông 拥挤的
2. (usually with with) very excited or agitated. seething with excitement/anger. borrel met ساخِط جِدا، يَغْلي من شِدَّة السُّخْط кипящ cheio de vřící kochend syde af raseri ταραγμένος, σε υπεδιέγερση borbotar pulbitsev بي قرار بودن kiehua bouillonnant (de) רותח, סוער उत्तेजना या गुस्सा से भरा koji ključa, kipti forr(ong)ó terpengaruh sjóðandi in fermento 騒然とした 끓어오르다 trykštantis, verdantis traks (aiz dusmām); kā sadedzis meluap-luap ziedend sydende, kokende podniecony, kipiący بی قرار cheio de furios охваченный prekypujúci, blčiaci besneč, prekipevajoč uzbuđen sjudande เดือดดาล çok heyacanlı, kaygılı 激動的 клекотячий جوش کی حالت میں nóng sôi 激昂的
3. very angry. He was seething when he left the meeting. baie kwaad غاضِب جِدا вбесен furioso vzteklý kochend syde af raseri εξοργισμένος furioso raevust keev عصباني kihistä kiukusta furibond רוֹתֵחַ बेहद गुस्सा bijesan, vrlo ljut forr benne a méreg sangat marah vera í uppnámi furibondo 激怒した 흥분하다 įsiutęs dusmās zvērojošs rasa marahnya meluap-luap ziedend som koker av raseri, illsint, rasende gotujący się, wrzący gniewem عصبانی furioso furibund, furios кипящий гневом zlostný, zúrivý razburjen besan kokande av ilska โกรธมาก çok öfkeli 盛怒的 такий, що кипить гнівом بہت غصے میں tức giận, sôi tiết 怒气冲冲的
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On one side of her lay a quantity of wooden arrows the points of which she dipped into the seething substance, then laying them upon a narrow rack of boughs which stood upon her other side.
Gathering up all he could carry under one arm, he overturned the seething cauldron with a kick, and disappeared into the foliage above just as the first of the returning natives entered the gate at the far end of the village street.
But behind the veil of smoke the sun was still high, and in front and especially to the left, near Semenovsk, something seemed to be seething in the smoke, and the roar of cannon and musketry did not diminish, but even increased to desperation like a man who, straining himself, shrieks with all his remaining strength.
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Their brain is seething with ideas, and they can only tell you that the umbrella of the gardener's aunt is in the house.
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Burning with white-hot anger was the High Priestess, her heart a seething, molten mass of hatred for Tarzan of the Apes.
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Heroes, he thought, could find excuses in that long seething lane.
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"And they do say," the Chancellor went on sheepishly--looking much more like a convicted thief than an Officer of State, "that a change of Government, by the abolition of the Sub-Warden I mean," he hastily added, on seeing the Warden's look of astonishment, "the abolition of the office of Sub-Warden, and giving the present holder the right to act as Vice-Warden whenever the Warden is absent --would appease all this seedling discontent I mean," he added, glancing at a paper he held in his hand, "all this seething discontent!"
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Lady Arabella's icy nature was not so deeply stirred, though she was in a seething passion.
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The cradle-rockers had done hard duty for so many years, under the weight of so many children, on that flagstone floor, that they were worn nearly flat, in consequence of which a huge jerk accompanied each swing of the cot, flinging the baby from side to side like a weaver's shuttle, as Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds.
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