smolder
English
Alternative forms
- smoulder (chiefly British)
Etymology
From Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smul-, *smuljaną (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊldə(r)
Verb
smolder (third-person singular simple present smolders, present participle smoldering, simple past and past participle smoldered)
- (intransitive, US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
- The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
Translations
to burn with no flame and little smoke
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To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion
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