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Antonyms for seethe

Grammar : Verb
Spell : seeth
Phonetic Transcription : sið

Definition of seethe

Origin :
  • Old English seoþan "to boil," also figuratively, "be troubled in mind, brood" (class II strong verb; past tense seaþ, past participle soden), from Proto-Germanic *seuthan (cf. Old Norse sjoða, Old Frisian siatha, Dutch zieden, Old High German siodan, German sieden "to seethe"), from PIE root *seut- "to seethe, boil."
  • Driven out of its literal meaning by boil (v.); it survives largely in metaphoric extensions. Figurative use, of persons or populations, "to be in a state of inward agitation" is recorded from 1580s (implied in seething). It had wider figurative uses in Old English, e.g. "to try by fire, to afflict with cares." Now conjugated as a weak verb, and past participle sodden (q.v.) is no longer felt as connected.
  • verb be very angry
Example sentences :
  • The great Leviathan that maketh the seas to seethe like boiling pan.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • I tried to control myself, but the seethe of rage almost choked me.
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • It was "Thou shalt not seethe the kid in its mother's milk."
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
  • And similarly, Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milk.
  • Extract from : « Faces in the Fire » by Frank W. Boreham
  • And the crowd, bereft of baccy, soon will almost cease to "seethe."
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 9th, 1895 » by Various
  • They swarm jerkily in it so that the liquid seemed to seethe.
  • Extract from : « The Hate Disease » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Sphere and block and pyramid ran together, seemed to seethe.
  • Extract from : « The Metal Monster » by A. Merritt
  • Early the next morning the town began to seethe in the squares.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Kathlyn » by Harold MacGrath
  • Russia may seethe with revolution, but ninety-nine per cent.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Rebellion » by Henry W. Nevinson
  • And he was such a tiny page, He trembled and looked down, For he was sore afraid to seeThe great queen sternly frown.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

Synonyms for seethe

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