smoulder
pronunciation
How to pronounce smoulder in British English:
UK [ˈsməʊldə(r)]
How to pronounce smoulder in American English:
US [ˈsmoldɚ]
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- Noun:
- a smouldering fire
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- Verb:
- have strong suppressed feelings
- burn slowly and without a flame
Word Origin
- smoulder (v.)
- see smolder. Related: Smouldered; smouldering; smoulderingly.
Example
- 1. Her eyes smoulder with jealousy .
- 2. Yet a bonfire of regulations would smoulder rather than blaze .
- 3. I can feel my tender burning guts smoulder inside my gasping caged chest .
- 4. Houses swept by a tsunami smoulder near sendai airport .
- 5. Very much like the mac smoulder I use this product whenever I want to do a smokey eye .