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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smoulder /ˈsməʊldə(r)/ (US also smolder)

▶verb

1 burn slowly with smoke but no flame.

2 show or feel a barely suppressed intense emotion.
■ exist in a suppressed or concealed state.

▶noun an instance of smouldering.

– derivatives
smouldering adjective,
smoulderingly adverb.

– origin ME: rel. to Du. smeulen.

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