Synonyms for boiling over

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : boil

Phonetic Transcription : bɔɪl

Top 10 synonyms for boiling over

Other synonyms for the word boiling over

Définition of boiling over

Origin : early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.
I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]
Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.

As in raging : adj violent; mad
As in outrage : verb wrong, offend, abuse
As in rage : verb be angry
As in : verb get angry and lose control
As in bristle : verb become upset, excited
As in flare : verb erupt, blow
As in anger : verb make someone mad; become mad

Example sentences :

There is a great boiling over in this centre, but the liquor sent up falls into E, and so there is no boiling over of C.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Clemens was boiling over with plans and suggestions for distribution.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Harder and harder he stirred to keep the porridge from boiling over.
Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers

Then Dick, who had gradually been boiling over, could stand it no longer.
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

In a few hours the kettle was filled with sap, and boiling over the fire.
Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid

"The Jungle" is the boiling over of our social volcano and shows us what is in it.
Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 » by Various

And then 107 he turned to the kettle, which was on the point of boiling over.
Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore

She was boiling over with anger when she reached the theater.
Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne

He had been boiling over with indignation while talking to his wife.
Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope

Inwardly he was boiling over at the ill-luck of his first spring run.
Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett

Antonyms for boiling over

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