Smouldering

Synonyms for "smouldering" (19 found)

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Noun(6 words)
incomplete combustionintenselatentlatent tensionpercolaterepressed

Related words (9)

Noun(8 words)
repressed sentimentseethesimmering angerslow burnsmoldersmolderingsmouldersuppressed
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries
aesthetic qualityburningburning statecombustionemotional statelatent processoxidationphysical processpsychological state

More specific

16 entries
biomass smoulderingcoal smoulderingincomplete combustionlatent tensionresentmentslow burnsmouldering angersmouldering coalsmouldering embersmouldering gazesmouldering looksmouldering resentmentsmouldering wicktensionunresolved conflictunspoken grievance

Collocations

9 entries
smouldering angersmouldering coalsmouldering emberssmouldering firesmouldering gazesmouldering issuesmouldering resentmentsmouldering ruinssmouldering tension

Inflections

5 entries
more smoulderingmost smoulderingsmoulderedsmoulderingssmoulders

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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I left Holmes seated in front of the smouldering fire, and long into the watches of the night I heard the low, melancholy wailings of his violin, and knew that he was still pondering over the strange problem which he had set himself to unravel.

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A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

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When now the Gods have made proud Ilion fall, / and Asia's power and Priam's race renowned / o'erwhelmed in ruin undeserved, and all / Neptunian Troy lies smouldering on the ground, / in desert lands, to diverse exile bound, / celestial portents bid us forth to fare; / where Ida's heights above Antandros frowned, / a fleet we build, and gather crews, unware / which way the Fates will lead, what home is ours and where.

Source: tatoeba (6916441)

I didn't see him. I saw just a smouldering cigarette that he had left before.

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