adj
Meaning 1
Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Standard Lemma guide
smouldering
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noun
Meaning 2
The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, sometimes
Examples
- the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of smoulder
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
showing scarcely suppressed anger- James Hensel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering
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Synonyms: smoldering
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English smoulder Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English smouldering From smoulder + -ing.