Meaning & use
seething
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Extremely angry, though often trying to conceal it.
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She was seething after discovering that her idea had been taken credit for.
He sat in silence, seething at the unfair decision.
A note on using this word
Seething describes anger that simmers beneath the surface rather than being openly expressed, like a pot seething just below boiling.
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