smoulder

/'smouldə/ Cách viết khác : (smolder) /'smouldə/

Thân thiện

A smoulder can be seen in the remains of a campfire.

Definition

1. Verb (intransitive):

   • To burn slowly with smoke but without a visible flame: To undergo a slow, flameless combustion, often producing smoke.
   • To exist in a suppressed or latent state; to be felt intensely but not openly expressed: To persist internally with strong, often negative, emotions like anger, resentment, or passion.

2. Noun (countable, usually singular):

   • A slow, smoky, flameless fire: A fire that burns with smoke but no flame.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:

  • The campfire continued to smoulder long after the flames had died down.
  • Resentment smouldered within him for years after the argument.
  • Her eyes smouldered with a quiet intensity.

• Noun:

  • They poured water over the smoulder to ensure it was completely out.
  • A dangerous smoulder was discovered in the wall cavity.

Advanced Usage

• "to smoulder with [emotion]": To be filled with a powerful, contained emotion.
  • He smouldered with indignation at the unfair accusation.
• "a smouldering [quality]": Used adjectivally to describe something characterized by latent intensity.
  • She gave him a smouldering look. (A look suggesting strong, contained emotion.)
  • The investigation uncovered a smouldering dispute within the department.

Variants and Related Words

• Smolder: The standard American English spelling of .
• Smouldering (adj.): Burning slowly; showing or suggesting suppressed feeling.
  • a smouldering ruin; smouldering anger.

Synonyms

• (For the verb, re: fire): Glow, smoke.
• (For the verb, re: emotion): Simmer, seethe, fester.

Related Phrases

• To burst into flame from a smoulder: Describes when a slow-burning fire suddenly ignites into open flames. This can be used literally or metaphorically.
  • The tension that had smouldered for weeks finally burst into flame during the meeting.

Related Idioms

• A smouldering ruin: Literally, the remains of something destroyed by a fire that burned slowly. Metaphorically, it can describe a situation or relationship that has been destroyed by contained, simmering conflict.
• Smouldering sexuality/passion: An intense but restrained or subtly expressed sexual attraction or passion.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame
   • the smoulder suddenly became a blaze

Verb

1. burn slowly and without a flame
   • a smoldering fire
2. have strong suppressed feelings

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