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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seethe

/sið/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
seethe
IPA
/sið/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move about actively in a crowd or group.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest.

Intransitive verb

verb

To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence (figurative), to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

The verb is derived 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, seethe”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Danish syde (“to seethe, boil”) * Dutch zieden (“to boil, seethe”) * German sieden (“to boil, seethe”) * Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, “burnt offering, sacrifice”) * Icelandic sjóða (“to boil, seethe”) * Low German seden (“to seethe”) * Norwegian Bokmål syde (“to boil, seethe”) * Norwegian Nynorsk sjoda, syda (“to boil, seethe”) * Scots seth, seith (“to seethe”) * Swedish sjuda (“to boil, seethe”) * West Frisian siede (“to boil”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₂sewt-, sethen, sēoþan, *seuþan, *seuþaną

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sið/
  • British English: /siːð/

Usage

Inflected Forms

seethes (present, singular) seething (participle, present) seethed (participle, past) seethed (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) seethed (first person, past) sod (archaic, first person) seethest (archaic, present) seethed (past, second person) seethedst (archaic, past) sod (archaic, past)

Derived Forms

overseethe seethed seether seething seethingly sodden unseethed aseethe

Phrases

cope and seethe cry and seethe

Frequently Paired Words

suds

Synonyms

bubble broil roll boil hum buzz

Rhymes With

breathe sheathe teethe underneath wreath sheath meath bequeath pontypridd beath unsheathe wreathe

Questions

How do you pronounce seethe?
The recorded pronunciation is /sið/.
What does seethe mean?
Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
Where does seethe come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce seethe

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