SMOLDERING

smoldering, smouldering

(adjective) showing scarcely suppressed anger; “her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering”- James Hensel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

smoldering

present participle of smolder

Noun

smoldering (plural smolderings)

Alternative form of smouldering

Anagrams

• gold miners, remoldings

Source: Wiktionary

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Smol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, a.

Definition: Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead. Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze. Tennyson.

SMOLDER

Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] Etym: [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]

1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.

2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. t.

Definition: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, n.

Definition: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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