SMOLDER

smoulder, smolder

(noun) a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; “the smoulder suddenly became a blaze”

smolder, smoulder

(verb) burn slowly and without a flame; “a smoldering fire”

smolder, smoulder

(verb) have strong suppressed feelings

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.

(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.

Anagrams

• Molders, molders, remolds

Source: Wiktionary

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Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] Etym: [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]

1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.

2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. t.

Definition: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, n.

Definition: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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