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Smolder   /smˈoʊldər/   Listen
Smolder

verb
(past & past part. smoldered or smouldered; pres. part. smoldering or smouldering)
1.
Burn slowly and without a flame.  Synonym: smoulder.
2.
Have strong suppressed feelings.  Synonym: smoulder.






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"Smolder" Quotes from Famous Books



... swirl of smoke, coming to view again in the open beyond. Always their arms waved rhythmically downward, beating the ragged line of yellow with water-soaked sacks. The trail they left was a wavering, smoke-traced rim of sullen black, where before had been gay, dancing, orange light. In places the smolder fanned to new life behind them and licked greedily at the ripe grass like hungry, red tongues. One of these Beatrice watched curiously. It crept slyly into an unburned hollow, and the wind, veering suddenly, pushed it out of sight from the fighters and sent it racing merrily to the south. ...
— Her Prairie Knight • B.M. Sinclair, AKA B. M. Bower



Words linked to "Smolder" :   experience, burn, combust, fire, feel



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