as in fretting
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as in boiling
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam
stew the chicken till tender, and then remove the meat from the bones
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as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety
stop stewing over that game and just try to do better next time
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewing
Verb
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Overweight and obesity need to be treated safely and effectively to avoid that worrying forecast.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024 -
Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Now, for many in the business world, that question feels almost passé, part of an earlier, more fretful era of narratives.—
Talmon Joseph Smith,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
Verb
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What emerged was a picture of active resistance, simmering anger and readiness for battle, if and when the time comes.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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Continue simmering for about three minutes.—
Michiko Tomioka, Contributor,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Artist agents find their roles less vexed, embracing a new value system that hews closer to the way the market actually operates.—
Natasha Degen,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2024
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Measuring innovation is one of the most vexed problems that a corporation faces.—
Andrew Binns,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Stewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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