smolder

also intr.v., -dered also -dered, -der·ing -der·ing, -ders -ders.

1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.
2. To exist in a suppressed state: Revolution smoldered in the masses.
3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.

n.

Thick smoke resulting from a slow fire.

[Middle English smolderen, to suffocate, from smolder, smoke, probably alteration of smorther, from Old English smorian, to smoke.]

verb

To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil: boil, bubble, burn, churn, ferment, seethe, simmer. See calm/agitation.

v

Definition: burn, simmer
Antonyms: freeze

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: burn slowly and without a flame
  Synonym: smoulder

Meaning #2: have strong suppressed feelings
  Synonym: smoulder

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - ulme, gløde
n. - ulmen, ulmende ild

Nederlands (Dutch)
smeulen

Français (French)
v. intr. - se consumer, (fig) couver, se consumer de
n. - fumée épaisse (d'une petite flamme)

Deutsch (German)
v. - schwelen, glimmen
n. - dichter Rauch, schwelendes Feuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σιγοκαίω, υποβόσκω
n. - φωτιά που σιγοκαίει

Italiano (Italian)
covare sotto la cenere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arder a fogo lento, estar latente, existir em estado de repressão
n. - combustão lenta (f), fogo sem chama, fumarada (f)

Русский (Russian)
тлеть, теплиться (о чувствах), удушливый дым, тлеющий огонь

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - arder sin llama, arder interiormente, estar latente, reprimido
n. - fuego sin llama, humo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ryka, pyra, glöda under askan
n. - glöd, pyrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
阴燃, 闷燃, 闷烧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 陰燃, 悶燃
n. - 陰燃, 悶燒

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 연기나다, 내다, (억압된 감정이) 밖으로 나타나다
n. - 연기나는 불, 연기남

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - いぶる, くすぶる, いぶり火

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحترق بدخان بدون لهب (الاسم) نار داخنه بدون لهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮בער בלא להבה, בער בקירבו, נטר טינה‬
n. - ‮אש חסרת-להבה, בעירה סמויה‬

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