smoky vs smouldering

smoky

adj
  • Filled with smoke. 

  • Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke. 

  • Blackened by smoke. 

  • Resembling or composed of smoke. 

  • Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke. 

  • Giving off smoke. 

  • Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke. 

  • Attractive in a sensual way; sultry. 

  • Having a dark, thick, bass sound. 

  • Having a deep, raspy quality, often as a result of smoking tobacco. 

smouldering

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

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