Smouldering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smoldering \Smol"der*ing\, Smouldering \Smoul"der*ing\, a.
     Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
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           Some evil chance
           Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.


                                                    --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster] Smolderingness

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
     {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm["o]len,
     smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
     1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
        and supressed combustion.
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              The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
        to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
        [1913 Webster] Smolder

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smouldering
       adj 1: showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone
              was...conversational although...her eyes were
              smoldering"- James Hensel [syn: {smoldering}]
       2: burning slowly without flame; "smoldering embers" [syn: {smoldering}]