Stewing
[stjuːɪŋ] or [stjʊ]
Definition
(noun.) an extreme state of worry and agitation; 'his stewing over the fight kept him awake most of the night'.
Checker: Maryann--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stew
Editor: Vince
Examples
- But here have I been stewing and fuming in this jolly old crib till I have had the horrors falling on me as thick as hail. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What a road he has travelled; and sits now, about half-past seven of the clock, stewing in slipper-bath; sore afflicted; ill of Revolution Fever. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It appears to me to be a most important matter that soup meat, and meat for potting and stewing, should be sent to this country in the way I propose. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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