'Smoldering' definitions:
Definition of 'smoldering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel [syn: smoldering, smouldering]
Definition of 'Smoldering'
From: GCIDE
- Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smolderedor 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. [1913 Webster]
- The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud. [1913 Webster] Smolder
Definition of 'Smoldering'
From: GCIDE
- Smoldering \Smol"der*ing\, Smouldering \Smoul"der*ing\, a. Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead. [1913 Webster]
- Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Smolderingness
Synonyms of 'smoldering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- ablaze,
- afire,
- aflame,
- aflicker,
- aglow,
- alight,
- apathetic,
- ardent,
- blazing,
- boiling,
- burning,
- candent,
- candescent,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- comburent,
- conflagrant,
- dead,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- dull,
- flagrant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flat,
- flickering,
- foul,
- fuming,
- glowing,
- groggy,
- guttering,
- heavy,
- het up,
- hot,
- ignescent,
- ignited,
- in a blaze,
- in a glow,
- in abeyance,
- in flames,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- incandescent,
- inert,
- inflamed,
- kindled,
- languid,
- languorous,
- latent,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- live,
- living,
- logy,
- on fire,
- passive,
- phlegmatic,
- reeking,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- sedentary,
- seething,
- simmering,
- sizzling,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sluggish,
- slumbering,
- smoking,
- sparking,
- stagnant,
- standing,
- static,
- suspended,
- tame,
- torpid,
- unaroused,
- unextinguished,
- unquenched