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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbollente
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bolˈlɛnte
"Provava una rabbia bollente dentro di sé."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Filled with or exhibiting intense but unexpressed anger.
"He left the meeting with a seething resentment toward his colleagues."
- 1
To bubble up and boil as a result of being heated, or to be crowded and bustling with people or activity.
"The ancient marketplace was seething with merchants and stray animals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English verb 'sēoðan', meaning to boil, seethe, or churn, stemming from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną. Over centuries, the literal sense of water bubbling evolved metaphorically to describe individuals overflowing with intense, suppressed anger or crowds swarming with restless activity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Seething" is said worldwide
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bouillonnant
Transliteration: bu-yɔ-nɑ̃
"Il était bouillonnant de colère après l'incident."
kochend
Transliteration: kɔxənt
"Sie war vor Wut kochend."
bollente
Transliteration: bolˈlɛnte
"Provava una rabbia bollente dentro di sé."
humeante
Transliteration: uˈmεnte
"Estaba furioso y lleno de ira reprimida."
fervecente
Transliteration: fɛʁvɛˈsẽtʃi
"Ele saiu da sala com raiva fervecente."
क्रोध से उबलता हुआ
Transliteration: krodh se ubalta hua
"वह अपमान के बाद गुस्से से उबल रहा था।"
沸腾的
Transliteration: fèiténg de
"他心里充满了压抑的怒火。"
부글부글 끓는
Transliteration: bugeulbugeul kkeunhneun
"그는 속으로 분노가 부글부글 끓어올랐다."
煮えくり返る
Transliteration: niekurikaeru
"彼は怒りで腹を煮えくり返らせていた。"
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