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smoldering

ADJECTIVE
blazing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fiery flaming
WEAK
ablaze afire aflame
ADJECTIVE
dormant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
asleep comatose inert inoperative latent passive sidelined sluggish
WEAK
abeyant closed-down down fallow hibernating lethargic lurking on the shelf out of action potential prepatent quiescent slack slumbering suspended torpid
Antonyms
STRONGEST
active alert awake conscious lively
ADJECTIVE
fired
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burned
STRONG
alight baked burning enkindled glowing heated kindled kindling scorched smoking
WEAK
ablaze afire aflame incandescent on fire set on fire
ADJECTIVE
latent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inherent lurking suppressed underlying unrealized veiled
WEAK
abeyant between the lines concealed contained covert idle immature implied in abeyance inactive inert inferential inferred inoperative intrinsic invisible involved passive possible potential quiescent rudimentary secret sleeping suspended tacit torpid underdeveloped undeveloped unexposed unexpressed unripe unseen vestigial
Antonyms
WEAK
active apparent clear live manifest obvious open public
ADJECTIVE
smoky
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burning dingy silvery thick
WEAK
begrimed black caliginous fumy gray grimy messy murky reeking smoke-colored vaporous
Antonyms
WEAK
clean clear unpolluted

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