stewing

1. 1.

   an extreme state of worry and agitation

   “his stewing over the fight kept him awake most of the night”

   Broaderagitation
2. 2.

   cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

   Synonymsboilingsimmering

   Broadercooking

Other forms of stewing

plural

stewings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stewing

What does stewing mean?

stewing means "an extreme state of worry and agitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stewing?

stewing has 2 syllables: ste-wing. The stress falls on "ste". In IPA it is /ˈstuɪŋ/.

What is another word for stewing?

Close synonyms include boiling, simmering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stewing a common word?

stewing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.