smol·der also smoul·der (sm l d r)intr.v. smol·dered also smoul·dered, smol·der·ing also smoul·der·ing, smol·ders also smoul·ders 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.] |
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| Adj. | 1. | smoldering - showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
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