smoulder betydelse and definition

Betydelse av smoulder på svenska

• 0 to burn slowly with smoke but without flames:

  • a smouldering fire

  • smouldering embers

  • The fire was started by a smouldering cigarette.

• 1 If a problem or unpleasant situation smoulders, it continues to exist and may become worse at any time:

  • The dispute is still smouldering, five years after the negotiations began.

• 2 If a strong emotion smoulders, it exists, but is prevented from being expressed:

  • She was smouldering with rage as she explained how her son had been killed.

• 3 A person who smoulders has strong sexual or romantic feelings but does not express them:

  • He gazed at her with smouldering eyes, wishing she wasn't married.