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View definitions for slow burn

slow burn

noun as in indignation

noun as in ire

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Example Sentences

But the real drama would develop during long slow burn that came next.

Alex Edwards, Founder of Natural High, agrees with this slow-burn philosophy.

The Americans has given us both a chilly pleasure and a slow burn in the proximity of its antagonists.

Quincy described his show as a “slow burn” with a “nice, melancholy sweetness to it like Charlie Brown.”

There are “not a lot of Rwandas, but a lot of slow-burn horrific conflicts,” she said.

The blows were weak, for I was still dazed; but they served, together with the slow burn of my anger, greatly to steady me.

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On this page you'll find 550 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slow burn, such as: acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, displeasure, and enmity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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