smouldering

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

smouldering
    adj 1: showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone
           was...conversational although...her eyes were
           smoldering"- James Hensel [syn: {smoldering},
           {smouldering}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Smoldering \Smol"der*ing\, Smouldering \Smoul"der*ing\, a.
   Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
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         Some evil chance
         Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.
                                                  --Tennyson.
   [1913 Webster] Smolderingness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
   {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm["o]len,
   smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
   1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
      and supressed combustion.
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            The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
      to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
      [1913 Webster] Smolder