Seethe
/siːð/noun
To boil, bubble, or churn violently; also to be filled with intense, barely controlled emotion.
Did you know?In Old English, seethe was a cooking word first, and only later did it become a perfect metaphor for emotions that seem to boil inside the body.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sewdʰ-
“to seethe, boil, or bubble”
Old English
OE
sēothan
“to boil, cook in liquid, or prepare by heating”
Middle English
ME
sethen
“to boil; later, to be agitated or fume”
Modern English
English
seethe
“to boil or churn; to be in a state of intense, restrained anger”