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Definition of Smoulder
1. Noun. A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame. "The smoulder suddenly became a blaze"
2. Verb. Have strong suppressed feelings.
3. Verb. Burn slowly and without a flame. "A smoldering fire"
Definition of Smoulder
1. v. i. See Smolder.
Definition of Smoulder
1. Verb. (intransitive chiefly British) (alternative form of smolder) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smoulder
1. to smolder [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: smolder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoulder
Literary usage of Smoulder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"Dan. .-.////'/, dust; smule, to crumble. See smoulder. On the same principle ON.
... smoulder ..."
2. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"2 To pine away — the body from grief, &c. 3 To smoulder. ... То smoulder. 2 fig.
To be rising and working; to be brewing—a feud : to be kindling into anger; ..."
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