smouldering

Etymology

From smoulder + -ing.

adj

1. (British spelling) Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame.
   The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital. January 12 2022, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in Rail, number 948, page 43

noun

1. (sometimes figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
   the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War

verb

1. present participle and gerund of smoulder