smoulder

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a smouldering fire; "the smoulder became a blaze"
To smother; to suffocate; to choke
smoul·der smoulders smouldering smouldered in AM, use smolder1. If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames. A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today
{i} small slow-burning fire, ashes of a fire (also smolder)
Smoke; smother
burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion
If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it. Baxter smouldered as he drove home for lunch
{f} burn or smoke without flame; display repressed feelings of anger; continue in a suppressed state (also smolder)
To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud
have strong suppressed feelings
a smouldering fire; "the smoulder became a blaze
If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way. Melanie Griffith seems to smoulder with sexuality
to burn slowly and without flame
smolder
To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion
smouldering
{a} burning without much vent
smolder
have strong suppressed feelings
smolder
see smoulder. the American spelling of smoulder (smolder (14-19 centuries))
smolder
To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion
smolder
To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud
smolder
{f} burn or smoke without flame; display repressed feelings of anger; continue in a suppressed state
smolder
To burn with no flame and little smoke
smolder
To smother; to suffocate; to choke
smolder
burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
smolder
burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire" have strong suppressed feelings
smolder
{i} small slow-burning fire, ashes of a fire
smolder
Smoke; smother
smouldering
present participle of smoulder
smouldering
burning slowly without flame; "smoldering embers"
smouldering
{s} burning or smoking without flame; expressing repressed feelings of anger; existing in a suppressed state (also smoldering)
smouldering
Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead
smouldering
showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was conversational although her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
smoulder

    Hyphenation

    smoul·der

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    (intransitive verb.) 1529. Middle English smolderen to smother, from smolder smoke, smudge; akin to Middle Dutch smOlen to smolder.
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