smolder
or smoul·der
[smohl-der]
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verb (used without object)
to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred smoldered beneath a polite surface.
to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to smolder with rage.
noun
dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion.
a smoldering fire.
Origin of smolder
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English smolder smoky vapor, dissimilated variant of smorther smother; (v.) Middle English (as present participle smolderende), derivative of the noun
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Related Words for smoldered
explode, fester, erupt, seethe, boil, consume, bubble, fume, fulminate, smoke, ferment, churn, stir, steamExamples from the Web for smoldered
Contemporary Examples of smoldered
The clothes that designer Stefano Pilati created for his final collection at YSL smoldered with audacity and dark sexuality.
But inner-city violence has smoldered for a long time, explains crime journalist Gavin Knight.
Historical Examples of smoldered
In his eyes an underglow, so to call it, smoldered with fascinating vagueness.
Eleven Possible CasesFrank R. Stockton
This was the temperament that smoldered in him: the lurking flame that he had to live with daily.
The Crow's NestClarence Day, Jr.
These smoldered until the storms of '48 fanned them into a fitful blaze.
Our ForeignersSamuel P. Orth
Burnt down, smoldered; suffocated by the hateful dust of the commonplace.
Different GirlsVarious
He smoldered inside, and he laid it to the stir and bustle and noise.
Poor Man's RockBertrand W. Sinclair
smolder
verb, noun
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