smolderingly

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adverb

With repressed anger or passion.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adverbsmolderingly (comparative more smolderingly, superlative most smolderingly)

comparative more smolderingly · superlative most smolderingly · alternative smoulderingly

  1. With repressed anger or passion.
    1 more example

    The huge cast and crew included scene makers, hipsters, hangers-on, socialites, amphetamine-thin actress/models, black militants, the publisher Barney Rosset, the boxing champ Jose Torres, the Warhol superstar Ultra Violet, Mailer’s wife at the time — Beverly Bentley — two of his ex-wives, and a sprinkling of professional actors, including Hervé Villechaize and, most crucially, a smolderingly intense Rip Torn.

    2007 August 26, Gerald Howard, “Mailer Gets Hammered”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwith barely repressed anger

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smolderingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smolderingly.

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