seethe
4 synonyms for seethe, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
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Etymology
The verb comes from Middle English sethen, seeth (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”) and other forms, from Old English sēoþan (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to boil, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-, *h₂sew-, *h₂sut- (“to move about, roil,...
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