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smoldering

The correct spelling is smoldering.

How to pronounce smoldering

verb

Say it like: Smo-lde-rin-g

The correct spelling is smoldering. To burn with no flame and little smoke. For example: "the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War"

Usage Examples

the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To burn with no flame and little smoke.
  2. 2.To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
  3. 3.To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.

noun

  1. 1.(sometimes figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.

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