seethes

Boils with fury

Seethes is the third-person singular of seethe, meaning to boil or bubble.

The word now appears almost exclusively in its figurative sense—to be filled with intense but suppressed emotion, especially anger: She seethes with resentment, He sat there seething while his boss took credit.

The image is of emotions roiling beneath a controlled surface.

anger

rage

Intense, violent anger

furyIntense violent anger
wrathFierce, punishing anger
resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure

indignation · fuming · livid · infuriated · enraged · irate · hostility · animosity · outrage · acrimony

boiling

bubbles

Gas-filled liquid spheres

steamHeated water's gaseous form
vaporGaseous form of liquid
cauldronLarge metal cooking pot

churning · roiling · frothing · foaming · gurgling · turbulent · hot · scalding · pot · kettle

crowded

swarm

Mass of moving insects

teemOverflow with abundance
throngDense pressing crowd
massQuantity of matter

horde · mob · bustle · crawl · overflow · packed · swarming · teeming · writhing · alive

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