smoldered
Glowed without flame
Smoldered is the past tense of smolder, meaning to burn slowly without flame, producing smoke and heat: The campfire smoldered through the night.
Figuratively, smoldered describes emotions—especially anger or desire—that remain intense but suppressed: Resentment smoldered for years before erupting.
A smoldering look conveys barely contained passion.
Persistent bitter displeasure
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- rageIntense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
jealousy · bitterness · hostility · wrath · passion · animosity · scorn · seething
Giving off steady light
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- coalsBurned or burning carbon
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- ashesBurned matter's residue
cinders · char · scorch · singe · heat · flameless · oxidation · incandescence
Cooking below boiling point
- tensionStretched or strained state
- undercurrentFlow beneath the surface
- subduedReduced in intensity
- hiddenKept out of sight
dormant · brewing · stewing · bubbling · underlying · veiled · unexpressed · repressed
resentment
Persistent bitter displeasure
hatred · jealousy · bitterness · hostility · wrath · passion · animosity · scorn · seething · fervent
glowing
Giving off steady light
ashes · cinders · char · scorch · singe · heat · flameless · oxidation · incandescence · carbonize
simmering
Cooking below boiling point
- tensionStretched or strained state
- undercurrentFlow beneath the surface
- subduedReduced in intensity
hidden · dormant · brewing · stewing · bubbling · underlying · veiled · unexpressed · repressed · contained
intense
Extreme in degree
desire · seductive · lingering · brooding · heated · watchful · suggestive · magnetic · unspoken · burning
smolderedextinguished
Made to stop burning
quenched · went out · died out · blazed · burned out