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seething

ADJECTIVE
foamy
Synonyms
WEAK
barmy boiling burbling carbonated creamy ebullient effervescent fermented fizzy frothy lathery scummy simmering spumescent spumous spumy sudsy yeasty
Antonyms
WEAK
flat
ADJECTIVE
hysterical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agitated crazy distraught emotional frantic frenzied furious impassioned mad nervous neurotic overwrought passionate uncontrollable vehement violent
WEAK
berserk beside oneself blazing carried away convulsive crazed delirious distracted fiery fuming impetuous in a fit incensed irrepressible maddened panic-stricken possessed rabid raging rampant raving spasmodic tempestuous turbulent uncontrolled unnerved unrestrained uproarious wild worked-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
apathetic balanced calm collected controlled cool happy indifferent mild moderate peaceful pleased reasonable sane unenthusiastic unexcited unpassionate
WEAK
serene
ADJECTIVE
lathery
Synonyms
STRONG
sudsy
WEAK
barmy boiling burbling carbonated creamy ebullient effervescent fermented fizzy frothy scummy simmering spumescent spumous spumy yeasty
ADJECTIVE
packed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arranged congested crowded filled jam-packed jammed loaded overflowing overloaded stuffed swarming wrapped
STRONG
brimming bundled chock compact compressed consigned crammed mobbed
WEAK
awash brimful chock-full full to the gills packed like sardines serried to the roof tumid up to the hilt up to the rafters wall-to-wall
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clear empty uncongested uncrowded
WEAK
deserted
ADJECTIVE
raging
Synonyms
STRONGEST
enraged furious stormy turbulent
STRONG
bent blustering fuming incensed infuriated raving rough
WEAK
angry at boiling point bent out of shape beside oneself blowing a gasket blowing one's top blustery boiling mad boiling over fit to be tied frenzied going ape irate mad as a hornet rabid ranting and raving raving mad seeing red tempestuous throwing a fit wild
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm mild moderate
WEAK
delighted giddy gleeful happy
ADJECTIVE
spumous
Synonyms
WEAK
barmy boiling burbling carbonated creamy ebullient effervescent fermented fizzy frothy lathery scummy simmering spumescent spumy sudsy yeasty
ADJECTIVE
spumy
Synonyms
WEAK
barmy boiling burbling carbonated creamy ebullient effervescent fermented fizzy frothy lathery scummy simmering spumescent spumous sudsy yeasty
ADJECTIVE
sudsy
Synonyms
STRONG
lathery
WEAK
barmy boiling burbling carbonated creamy ebullient effervescent fermented fizzy frothy scummy simmering spumescent spumous spumy yeasty
NOUN
fermentation
Synonyms
STRONG
agitation dissolving ebullition evaporation leavening souring turbulence
WEAK
bubbling foaming frothing volatilization
NOUN
tumult
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agitation commotion convulsion disturbance excitement ferment fracas hassle maelstrom outcry pandemonium quarrel riot strife turbulence turmoil unrest upheaval
STRONG
ado affray altercation babel bedlam brawl clamor din disorder dither fight fuss jangle lather noise outbreak paroxysm pother racket row ruction stir upturn wildness
WEAK
unsettlement
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreement calm calmness harmony order peace quiet silence stillness tranquility

Example Sentences

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"I would've been quite happy to get in my car and drive home, I was absolutely seething," said Carter afterwards.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

In 1991 Will Self disgorged himself on to the British literary scene with “The Quantity Theory of Insanity,” a book of short stories seething with misanthropy and logorrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Michael Jackson is a prime example of this conundrumFor his millions of devotees their love for him is rivalled in intensity only by their seething loathing for his critics.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

“We’ll pick it up on the reverse angle when we come back,” the director said, seething with frustration.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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