SEETHING


Meaning of SEETHING in English

I. adjective

Etymology: Middle English sething, from present participle of sethen to seethe

1. : intensely hot : boiling

a lamp drawn up into the scenery started a blaze, which soon became a seething inferno — American Guide Series: Virginia

2.

a. : in constant motion or activity : agitated

the seething life that goes on in those brown bamboo and mat huts — Robert Payne

lovers and madmen have such seething brains — Shakespeare

b. : intense , violent

had a seething contempt for mankind — Gordon Merrick

• seeth·ing·ly adverb

II. adverb

: boiling

seething hot

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.