SMOULDER


Meaning of SMOULDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ smoʊldə(r) ]

( smoulders, smouldering, smouldered)

Note: in AM, use 'smolder'

1.

If something smoulders , it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames.

A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today...

VERB : V

2.

If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it.

Baxter smouldered as he drove home for lunch...

VERB : V

3.

If you say that someone smoulders , you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way.

Melanie Griffith seems to smoulder with sexuality...

VERB : V

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