What does seethe mean?
Word: Seethe
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Seethe means to feel very angry inside while trying not to show it.
Synonyms: boil
How do you spell seethe?
Syllables: seethe
Tricky part: Plenty of pupils stop at the th. The verb has a silent e after it, just like breathe.
Watch out for: seeth, ceethe
Memory tip: A person who seethes is simmering, and a simmering pot needs a lid. That closing e is the lid.
Seethe in a sentence
Example 1: Dad began to seethe when the shop refused to take back the broken fan.
Example 2: The whole team seethed over the unfair decision but said nothing.
Example 3: She smiled at the visitors while seething about the mess in the hall.
Fun Fact
In Old English the word meant simply to boil, and sodden, as in a sodden towel, began life as one of its old forms.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
s__the
a) e, e
b) a, e
c) e, a
d) i, e
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a) e, e. The long vowel is written the same way as in see.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose it:
The striker began to eteshe when the referee waved away his appeal.
a) teethe
b) wreathe
c) soothe
d) seethe
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d) seethe. Three e's with an s, a t and an h, and no o or r.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word seethe as used in the sentence:
Left out of the final, the young bowler could only seethe in silence.
a) shiver
b) fume
c) doze
d) giggle
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b) fume. Being dropped leaves the bowler cross, not amused, cold or sleepy.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word:
1. seethe 2. exasperait 3. indignent 4. irritabel
a) to annoy someone very much
b) feeling angry at something unfair
c) to burn with hidden anger
d) easily annoyed
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c) to burn with hidden anger. Indignant ends in ant, exasperate in ate, and irritable in able.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would most probably make a fair-minded goalkeeper seethe?
a) a friendly wave from the home crowd
b) a cold drink handed over at half-time
c) a kind word from the visiting coach
d) a rival's goal given after a clear foul
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d) a rival's goal given after a clear foul
2. Inside, Neha was seething, but on the outside she looked ____.
a) sad and close to tears
b) quite calm and polite
c) cheerful and full of jokes
d) loud and red in the face
Show answer
b) quite calm and polite
