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
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  • There’s massive regulatory pressure to adopt renewables and upgrade the grid, but pilot programs and new initiatives often get snarled in lengthy approval and permitting processes.
    Steve Smith, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • There’s massive regulatory pressure to adopt renewables and upgrade the grid, but pilot programs and new initiatives often get snarled in lengthy approval and permitting processes.
    Steve Smith, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of snarled
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  • The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
    Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
    Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of blazed
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  • His amplification of Lee's viewpoints angered Social Security advocates.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • That decision angered Real Madrid so much that its players boycotted the awards ceremony.
    Steve Price, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of angered
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  • By Tuesday afternoon, the wildfire had burned more than 2,800 acres, and officials said that gusts as strong as 60 miles per hour had challenged the more than 700 firefighters responding to the scene.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But at the same time, I'm also getting burned from both sides and something has got to give eventually.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of burned
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