seethe

Rage without speaking

Seethe means to boil or churn, now used almost entirely in its figurative sense of intense suppressed emotion.

Someone who seethes with anger or resentment is roiling inside while maintaining outward composure: She sat seething as her colleague took credit for her work.

The word implies heat contained under pressure.

In online slang, telling someone to seethe mocks their impotent rage.

boiling

bubbles

Gas-filled liquid spheres

  • foamBubble-filled substance
  • frothMass of small bubbles
  • steamHeated water's gaseous form

churn · roil · bubble · gurgle · percolate · effervesce · cauldron · kettle · pot · heat

anger

fury

Intense violent anger

  • rageIntense, violent anger
  • wrathFierce, punishing anger
  • ireIntense fury

fuming · livid · incensed · enraged · infuriated · indignation · outrage · exasperation · irritation · vexation

resentment

grudge

Persistent resentment toward someone

fester · discontent · grievance · jealousy · envy · antipathy · displeasure · rancor · nurse · harbor

crowded

swarm

Mass of moving insects

mass · horde · multitude · bustle · swirl · mill · jostle · packed · overrun · alive

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Opposites
emotional state

seethecalm

Free from agitation

serene · tranquil · peaceful · placid · composed

physical agitation (of liquids/substances)

seethefreeze

Become solid from cold

still · calm · settle · subside · cool

intensity of activity

seethestill

Unmoving, or continuing

calm · motionless · empty · quiet · deserted

Family

seething, seethed, seethes, seethingly

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G