seething

Definition

Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.

Etymology

From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "There Grendel was watching his blood flow out into the seething tarn."
• "But as the nation’s most populous state stares down a seething climate crisis, one that cranked temperatures into triple digits last fall and set off a series of infernos that exploded, into bone dry air, the rebuilding process is beginning to look different."
• "Otis was unfeignedly thankful to lay down his work for a little while and escape from the seething, whining, weakly hive, impotent to help itself, but strong in its power to cripple, thwart, and annoy the sunken-eyed man, who, by official irony, was said to be “in charge” of it."