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smoulder
verb, intr smouldered, smouldering
    1. To burn slowly or without flame.
    2. Said of emotions: to linger on in a suppressed and often hidden state.
      Example: His grief is still smouldering
    3. Said of a person: to harbour suppressed and often hidden emotions.
      Example: She sat smouldering in the corner
      Thesaurus: fume, seethe, simmer.
noun
    1. A smouldering fire or emotion.
Derivative: smouldering
noun, adj
    Etymology: 14c: as smolder.



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