What is the meaning of seething?

verb

  • Be noisy with activity.
    • usage: "This office is buzzing with activity"
  • Be in an agitated emotional state.
    • usage: "The customer was seething with anger"
  • Foam as if boiling.
    • usage: "a seething liquid"
  • Boil vigorously.
    • usage: "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"

adjective

  • In constant agitation. "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains- Shakespeare
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