smoldered

verb

variants or smouldered
Definition of smolderednext
past tense of smolder
1
as in burnt
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home.

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2
as in blazed
to be on fire usually with smoke but few flames They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire.

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  1. snarled
  2. blazed
  3. angered
  4. burned
Verb
  • Christmas Eve travel was briefly snarled as the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights Tuesday.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Christmas Eve travel was briefly snarled as the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights Tuesday.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of snarled
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  • The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of blazed
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  • The sequence of events clearly angered Bain.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The move angered fans, and a scandal over offensive remarks Richards had made on a podcast led him to quit before his episodes aired.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of angered
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  • The Capitol and White House in Washington, DC were burned to the ground in the war.
    William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Advocates want burned playground under bridge to become skatepark.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of burned
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