"seething" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ [UK]
Rhymes: -iːðɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sethyng}} Middle English sethyng, {{af|en|seethe|-ing}} seethe + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} seething (not comparable)
  1. Filled with unexpressed anger, the state of being livid. Tags: not-comparable Translations (angry, livid): furiós (Catalan), irat (Catalan), wütend (German), furioso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-seething-en-adj-KeuX-D5Q Disambiguation of 'angry, livid': 95 5
  2. boiling, bubbling Tags: not-comparable Translations (boiling, bubbling): bullent (Catalan), fervidus (Latin)
    Sense id: en-seething-en-adj-ovciRZfD Disambiguation of 'boiling, bubbling': 2 98

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ [UK] Forms: seethings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːðɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sethyng}} Middle English sethyng, {{af|en|seethe|-ing}} seethe + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} seething (plural seethings)
  1. The action of the verb to seethe.
    Sense id: en-seething-en-noun-EtWDIB9K

Verb

IPA: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ [UK]
Rhymes: -iːðɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sethyng}} Middle English sethyng, {{af|en|seethe|-ing}} seethe + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} seething
  1. present participle and gerund of seethe Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: seethe
    Sense id: en-seething-en-verb-8R74Y718 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 5 2 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 8 2 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 19 27 6 48

Inflected forms

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