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Adjective: smoldering  smówl-du-ring
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: smouldering)
  1. Showing scarcely suppressed anger
    "her tone was … conversational although … her eyes were smoldering";
    - smouldering [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: smolder  smówl-dur
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: smoulder)
  1. Burn slowly and without a flame
    "a smoldering fire";
    - smoulder [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Have strong suppressed feelings
    "His anger smoldered for days after the argument";
    - smoulder [Brit, Cdn]

See also: angry, cross

Type of: burn, combust, experience, feel

Encyclopedia: Smoldering

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