verb🔗ShareTo burn with no flame and little smoke."After the campfire was put out, some embers were still smouldering under the ashes. "natureenvironmentdisasterenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion."After the argument with her brother, Sarah was smouldering silently, refusing to speak but clearly still very angry. "emotionmindcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo exist in a suppressed or hidden state."Even years after the argument, a resentment was still smouldering between the two sisters. "conditionstatesituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo smother; to suffocate; to choke."The thick smoke from the burning plastic was smouldering him, making him cough and struggle to breathe. "naturedisasterenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(sometimes figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat."the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War"energyphysicsprocessnaturedisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
