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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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as in fretting
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Recent Examples of stewing
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
The habit of staying up at night and replaying all the embarrassing moments of your life while stewing in self-blame isn’t just a personality quirk.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Komljen creates an ostensible utopia for those ostracised from urban spaces, with days now spent stewing apricots, weaving baskets, kissing rocks, and conversing with mushrooms.
—Sonya Vseliubska, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
While Alex is stewing over her giant pot of daddy issues, Mia and Stella have their own problem now that Alex is being removed from pre-Olympics coverage.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
The habit of staying up at night and replaying all the embarrassing moments of your life while stewing in self-blame isn’t just a personality quirk.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Komljen creates an ostensible utopia for those ostracised from urban spaces, with days now spent stewing apricots, weaving baskets, kissing rocks, and conversing with mushrooms.
—Sonya Vseliubska, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewing
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There’s the ubiquitous sloshing of bright red hurricanes in curvaceous cocktail glasses, the sizzling of beignets in fryers and the bubbling of boiling crawfish on stovetops.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Chai is a traditional drink from India that's made from boiling black tea (often Assam tea) with milk and sugar.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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This allows Ukrainian soldiers to conduct bold exploratory missions deep into the territory now controlled by Russia while not worrying about losing their Starlink signal.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Is there a health issue that's worrying you?—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The frustration that had been simmering throughout a dreadful collective display reached combustion levels.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Hedda battles with herself, there’s a rage simmering underneath every smirk and every one of her bleak and destructive actions.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This doesn’t sound like a strategy session by a party fretting about the state of play.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Despite all the fretting about the Eagles on the shouty national shows, this team will probably cook in November and December.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But that doesn’t mean viewers won’t be increasingly exasperated by the ways the screenplay forces Knightley’s character into a clumsy, fretful investigation.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Investors are fretful heading into the August payrolls report.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the relentless increase in the value of the most expensive art works—frequently engineered by the auction houses themselves—has meant that negotiations with consignors have become only more vexed.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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But best of all here is the vexed mother/daughter relationship, which can echo Lizzy’s terms with her own mother.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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“Stewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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