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

See also: angry, cross

Type of: burn, combust, experience, feel

Encyclopedia: Smouldering

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