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- Dictionarysmouldering/ˈsməʊld(ə)rɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the process of burning slowly with smoke but no flame: "the smouldering can go unnoticed for many days before smoke starts to be seen"
adjective
- 1. burning slowly with smoke but no flame: "a smouldering fire"
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Smouldering is the present participle of smoulder, which means to burn slowly with smoke but without flames. It can also describe a problem, an emotion, or a romantic feeling that is not expressed.
- English (US)
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- English (US)
The meaning of SMOLDER is to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke. How to use smolder in a sentence.
Smouldering (British English) or smoldering (American English; see spelling differences) is the slow, flameless form of combustion, sustained by the heat evolved when oxygen directly attacks the surface of a condensed-phase fuel.
1. To burn with little smoke and no flame. 2. To exist in a suppressed state: Revolution smoldered in the masses. 3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred. n. Thick smoke resulting from a slow fire. [Middle English smolderen, to suffocate, from smolder, smoke, probably alteration of smorther, from Old English smorian, to smoke .]
When a fire is smoking but not in flame, it is smoldering. If you're silently angry, your contained rage is smoldering, too. Just like a fire that doesn't go out completely, this word is used for emotions that also refuse to die out — they just keep going, though under the surface.
Smouldering means burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke, or communicating suppressed or half-suppressed feelings. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see synonyms, pronunciation and related terms.
Smoulder means to burn slowly with smoke but without flames, or to have strong but unexpressed emotions or feelings. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
