smoldering

Thân thiện

Her eyes were smoldering as she listened.

Definition

Adjective 1. Burning slowly without flame: Characterized by a fire that burns with little or no visible flame, often producing smoke. 2. Emotionally intense but suppressed: Showing strong, barely concealed emotion, especially anger, passion, or desire.

Usage and Examples

• The smoldering ruins of the house continued to emit heat and smoke for days after the fire.
• He gave her a smoldering look that conveyed his intense frustration.
• Her smoldering anger was evident in her clenched jaw and sharp tone.

Advanced Usage

• Smoldering intensity: Used to describe a powerful, quiet, and sustained emotional force.
  • The actor brought a smoldering intensity to the role of the brooding hero.
• Smoldering conflict/resentment: Describes a conflict or negative feeling that persists beneath the surface.
  • The treaty ended the war, but smoldering resentment remained between the two nations.

Variants and Related Words

• Smolder (verb): To burn slowly without flame; to exist in a suppressed state.
  • The campfire will smolder overnight.
  • Resentment smoldered within him for years.
• Smouldering (adjective): British English spelling variant of "smoldering."

Synonyms

• (For burning) Glowing, smoking.
• (For emotion) Burning, seething, simmering, suppressed, intense.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. showing scarcely suppressed anger
   • her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering- James Hensel

Từ đồng nghĩa

• smouldering