Past tense of seethe
regular verb
The past tense of seethe is seethed. The past participle is also seethed.
Forms of seethe
| Base form (V1) | seethe /siːð/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | seethed |
| Past participle (V3) | seethed |
| Present participle | seething /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | seethes |
Seethed in a sentence
- Shock Box was the skankiest bar in Hasted, complete with a cheesy jukebox, cheap pints, and a sweaty club in the basement that seethed every weekend with a superhorny boarding-school crowd.2011 February, Kate Kingsley, chapter 30, in Kiss & Break Up (Young, Loaded, and Fabulous), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster...
- He seethed about being the butt of anti-Harvard antics by the golden boy traders.2021, Eleanor Randolph, The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg, page 37. From the entry Harvard
- The Hazaras, with their long history of being oppressed and neglected, seethed.2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 169. From the entry Hazara
- Algiers seethed, and this was the casus belli for the ‘ultras’ to attempt a general strike.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 309. From the entry casus belli
- The bag seethed in her hand, not unpleasantly, as computational monofilaments shifted and flowed under her touch until they cradled the palps of her fingers.2012, Sean Stewart, Star Wars: Dark Rendezvous, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry palp
Meaning of seethe
- verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
- verb Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- verb Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.
Questions about the past tense of seethe
- What is the past tense of seethe?
- The past tense of seethe is seethed.
- What is the past participle of seethe?
- The past participle of seethe is seethed.
- Is seethe a regular or irregular verb?
- Seethe is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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