Seethe

Definitions: Seethe

Seethe

Verb

1. Be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity".

2. Have violent emotions, such as anger or frustration.

3. Be in an agitated emotional state.

4. Foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid".

5. Boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething".

Date "seethe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Seethe to boil (Ex. 16:23). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Seethe

Synonyms: boil (v), buzz (v), foam (v), hum (v), roll (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Calefaction	Boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer; do to rags.
Excitation	Be excited; Adjective: flush up, flare up; catch the infection; thrill; (feel); mantle; work oneself up; seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave; run mad; (passion).
Heat	Verb: be hot. Adjective: glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame; smolder; parch, fume, pant.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Seethe

English words defined with "seethe": Elixate ♦ Seeth, Seethed, sizzle. (references)

Specialty definitions using "seethe": Stewing in their own Gravy. (references)

Etymologies containing "seethe": Elixate ♦ SUDS. (references)

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Carbonated; carbonation; pour; buzz; effervesce; fizzle; froth; hiss; seethe; sibilate; simmer; sparkle; sputter; whisper; whoosh; bubble.		Buzz; effervesce; fizzle; froth; hiss; seethe; sibilate; simmer; sparkle; sputter; whisper; whoosh.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Seethe" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 63.64% of the time. "Seethe" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	63.64%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	36.36%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	11	N/A

Expressions using "seethe": begin to seethe ♦ seethe with anger ♦ seethe with peaple. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "seethe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shkumëzoj (effervesce, foam, froth, lather), ziej (boil, boil over, effervesce, poach, simmer, stew), vlon, valon (walloon), gurgulloj (babble, Bicker, bubble, gurgle, purl, ripple). (various references)

Arabic		‏هيجان (bustling, eruption, outburst, upheaval), ‏هاج (carry along, carry away, excite, fling about, flush, fluster, inflame, kindle, ramp, rave, thrill, toss, vex), ‏غليان (boiling, ebullience, ebullition, effervescence), ‏غلى (boil, boil over, boiling, fizzle), ‏غضب (aggravate, anger, annoy, be angry, be irritated, chafe, crab, dander, displease, embitter, enrage, exasperate, exasperation, fire, flounce, fret, fume, gall, get on his nerves, get smb.'s goat, go mad, grumpiness, harrow, heat, incense, indignation, inflame, infuriate, irascibility, ire, irritate, irritation, itch, jitter, lose one's shirt, mad, madden, miff, nettle, offend, outcry, outrage, peeve, pet, pique, pout, provoke, rage, resentment, rile, rough, ruffle, soreness, sour, spite, spleen, twit, vex), ‏سلق (boil, coddle, parboil, scald), ‏إهتاج (be agitated, be excited, be nervous, be upset, boil, effervesce, ferment, flurry, flutter, fuss, simmer). (various references)

Bulgarian		кипя (boil, churn, effervesce, ferment, wallop, work). (various references)

Chinese		起泡沫 . (various references)

Czech		vařit se (boil, cook), bìsnit (rage, ramp). (various references)

Danish		syde (to seethe), koge (boil, cook, to seethe). (various references)

Dutch		opkoken (swell, to seethe), opborrelen (spring, to seethe, well up). (various references)

Farsi		غلیان (Spout), تلاطم (Lop, Ruffle, Shock, Toss, Turbulence), جوشیدن (Bubble, Gurgle, Perk), جوشاندن (Boil, Bubble, Decoction), جوش وخروش (Foam). (various references)

Finnish		poreilla (bubble, to seethe), kiehua (boil, to seethe). (various references)

French		mécontentement, effervescence, bouillonner (to seethe), bouillir � demi, blanchir, être en effervescence. (various references)

German		sieden (boil, boiling, ebullition, simmer, to boil, to seethe, to simmer), kochen (be boiling, boil, boiling, boils, brew, cook, cookery, cooking, do the cooking, fume, make, simmer, steeping, swelter, to boil, to cook, to seethe). (various references)

Greek		κοχλάζω (bubble, to seethe), βράζω (boil, brew, decoct, effervesce, ferment, malt). (various references)

Hebrew		לתסוס (bubble, ferment, fizz, foam, simmer, sparkle), ל�"תרתח (be angry, be enraged, be excited), ל�'עוש (quake, rage, shake, storm, surge, tremble), לרתוח (be enraged, be furious, boil). (various references)

Hungarian		forr (boil, to boil, to brew, to effervesce, to seethe, to yeast), beáztat (rinse, steep, to seethe, to sop, to souse, to steep, to wet). (various references)

Indonesian		menggelogok (gulp down), mendidih (boiling, ebullient), bergolak, bergelora (effervesce, fiery, impassioned). (various references)

Italian		ribollire (boil, boil again), gorgogliare (bubble, gurgle, ripple), bollire (boil). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		茹� る (to be oppressed by heat, to boil, to seethe), 煮え�"る (to boil over, to ferment, to seethe), 煮え繰り�"る (to boil, to seethe), 沸き�"る (to be in uproar, to boil up, to get excited, to seethe), 沸き立つ (to boil up, to ferment, to seethe), 沸き上がる (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe), 湧き上がる (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe), 湧き上る (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		う� る (to be oppressed by heat, to boil, to seethe), にえくりかえる (to boil, to seethe), にえかえる (to boil over, to ferment, to seethe), わきたつ (to boil up, to ferment, to seethe), わきかえる (to be in uproar, to boil up, to get excited, to seethe), わきあがる (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe), ゆ� る (to be oppressed by heat, to boil, to seethe). (various references)

Manx		broie (boil, effervesce, effervescence, overdo, parch, stew). (various references)

Pig Latin		eethesay

Portuguese		fervilhar (simmer), ferver (boil, burble, fret, gas can, simmer, to seethe, wallop), excitar-se (fuss, take on), cozinhar fervendo, agitar-se (bestir, boil, heave, Popple, ripple, shake, splatter, stir, switch, welter, wiggle). (various references)

Romanian		se agita (agitate, billow, bustle, ferment, fluster, flutter, fret, fuss, hitch, rustle, squirm, toss, tumble, vibrate, wag), fierbe (boil, bubble over, cook, effervesce, ferment, fizz, heat, poach, pot, rage, resound, roar, simmer, torment, torture), clocoti (boil, bubble, churn, Eddy, resound, ring, roar, surge, whirl). (various references)

Russian		бурлить. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ključati (boil, bubble, wallop), kipeti (boil, wallop). (various references)

Spanish		ponerse furioso (get apoplectic, get peeved, see red), hervir (boil, boil up, burble, cooking, simmer, surge, to seethe), bullir (boil, move). (various references)

Swedish		sjuda (coddle, simmer, stew, to seethe). (various references)

Turkish		kudurmak (be attacked by rabies, fume, going mad, lash oneself into a fury, rage, ramp, rampage, rave), kaynamak (abound, boil, boil away, bubble up, come to the boil, conglutinate, join, spill over with, swarm, teem, weld, well), kaynaşmak (blend, coalesce, commingle, fuse, knit, knit up, merge, mill about, mix, socialize, unite), köpürmek (be hopping mad, boil, boil over, bubble, churn, cream, effervesce, explode, fizz, fly off the handle, foam, froth, lather, rage, ramp, ramp and rage, sparkle, yeast), haşlamak (baste, bawl out, berate, blanch, boil, call smb. over the coals, carpet, give smb. a talking-to, scald, scold, upbraid), dolup taşmak (overflow, swarm). (various references)

Turkmen		pykyrdamak (chuckle), юarlamak (rage). (various references)

Ukranian		кип'ятити, кипіти (blaze, boil, bubble), кипіння (boil, boiling, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition). (various references)

Welsh		berwi (boil, effervesce). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aestuabat, aestuabit, aestuaverunt, aestuavit, bullire, efferbuerunt, efferbuit, exaestuavit, ferveo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 31
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ton krion thV teleiwsewV lhmyh kai eyhseiV ta krea en topw agiw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Arietem autem consecrationum tolles et coques carnes eius in loco sancto
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And thow shalt take the wether of halowyng, and thow shalt seethe the flesh of it in the holy place, of the which Aaron shal eete,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Tha take the ram that is the fullofferyng ad seth his flesh in an holye place.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.
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Language	Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 31
Cebuano	Ug pagakuhaon mo ang lakeng carnero nga gigahin alang sa Dios, ug lutoon mo ang iyang unod sa dapit nga balaan.
Chinese	� 要將承接聖職所獻公羊的肉、煮在聖處。
Croatian	"Uzmi onda ovna za posveæenje i skuhaj njegovo meso na posveæenome mjestu.
Danish	Så skal du tage Indsættelsesvæderen og koge dens Kød på et helligt Sted;
Dutch	Gij zult den ram der vulling nemen, en gij zult zijn vlees in de heilige plaats zieden.
Finnish	Ja ota vihkiäisoinas ja keitä sen liha pyhässä paikassa.
French	Tu prendras le bélier de consécration, et tu en feras cuire la chair dans un lieu saint.
German	Du sollst aber nehmen den Widder der Füllung, und sein Fleisch an einem heiligen Ort kochen.
Haitian Creole	W'a pran belye mouton ki te sèvi nan sèvis pou mete apa a, w'a fè kwit vyann li yon kote ki apa pou Bondye.
Hungarian	A felavatási kost pedig vedd, és fõzd meg annak húsát szent helyen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ambillah daging domba jantan yang dipakai dalam upacara pentahbisan Harun dan anak-anaknya dan masaklah daging itu di suatu tempat yang suci.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan lagi hendaklah engkau mengambil akan domba jantan tahbis itu, rebuslah dagingnya dalam tempat yang suci.
Italian	Poi prenderai l'ariete dell'investitura e ne cuocerai le carni in luogo santo.
Maori	Me tango ano e koe te hipi toa o te whakatohungatanga, a ka kohua i ona kikokiko ki te wahi tapu.
Norwegian	Så skal du ta innvielses-væren og koke kjøttet på et hellig sted.
Portuguese	Também tomarás o carneiro de consagração e cozerás a sua carne em lugar santo.
Rumanian	Sq iei apoi berbecele pentru knchinarea kn slujba Domnului, wi sq pui sq -i fiarbq carnea kntr`un loc sfknt.
Russian	пЧОБ ЦЕ ЧТХЮЕОЙС ЧПЪШНЙ Й УЧБТЙ НСУП ЕЗП ОБ НЕУФЕ УЧСФПН;
Spanish	"Tomarás el carnero de la investidura y cocerás su carne en un lugar santo.
Swedish	Och du skall taga handfyllningsväduren och koka hans kött på en helig plats.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "seethe": seethed, seethes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Seethe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Estephe, Geetha, Jepthe, leethe, Reetha, Sayegh, sayeth, saythe, seath, seathe, seather, seatle, Sebhi, Seehof, seeth, seeths, seetle, Sethy, seythe, Sheehe, sithee, Smeeth, Soete, speeth, sueth, sweeth. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "seethe" (pronounced sē"th)
2	-ē" th	breathe, sheathe, teethe.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-s-t"
	-1 letter: sheet, these.
	-2 letters: eths, hest, hets, tees, thee.
	-3 letters: eth, hes, het, see, set, she, tee, the.
	-4 letters: eh, es, et, he, sh.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-s-t"
	+1 letter: esthete, ethenes, seethed, seethes, sheeted, sheeter, teethes.
	+2 letters: aesthete, bedsheet, bheestie, estheses, esthetes, sheerest, sheeters, sheetfed, shoetree, teethers.
	+3 letters: aesthetes, bedsheets, beechiest, bheesties, cheekiest, cheeriest, cheesiest, eighteens, elevenths, ensheathe, escheated, etherizes, ethylenes, foresheet, hebetates, hebetudes, helpmeets, heteroses, menthenes, meseemeth, nepenthes, reechiest, reheaters, reteaches, scheelite, sheeniest, sheepcote, sheetlike, sheltered, shelterer, shoetrees, steelhead, threesome, usherette, wheeziest.
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