smolder

IPA: smˈoʊɫdɝ

noun

  • The act of smoldering or something that smolders.

verb

  • (intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
  • (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.
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Examples of "smolder" in Sentences

  • They can kind of smolder and cause a fire later, and people might not even know they started a fire.
  • It was chock-a-block full of interesting articles on geckos and eerily iridescent photos of deep-sea jellyfish, but for some reason the World magazines piled up in the corner until ones on the bottom began to smolder from the pressure of the magazines on the top.

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