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smoulder

[smohl-der]

Origin

verb (used without object), noun

smolder.

Related forms

un·smoul·der·ing, adjective

un·smoul·der·ing·ly, adverb

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World English Dictionary

smoulder or (US) smolder (ˈsməʊldə)

—vb
1.	to burn slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
2.	(esp of anger, etc) to exist in a suppressed or half-suppressed state
3.	to have strong repressed or half repressed feelings, esp anger

—n
4.	dense smoke, as from a smouldering fire
5.	a smouldering fire

[C14: from smolder (n), of obscure origin]

smolder or (US) smolder

—vb

—n

[C14: from smolder (n), of obscure origin]

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Word Origin & History

smoulder

see smolder.

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"Ghosts seem harder to please than we are; it is as though they haunted for haunting's sake—much as we relive, brood, and smoulder over our pasts."

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