Smolder

/ˈsmoʊldɚ/

Synonyms for "smolder" (139 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(3 words)

bakebe angrybe excitablebe in heatbe latentbe lividbe pissedbellow blaze bloomblow a gasketblow upbluster boil broilbrowned offbubble burn burstcarry on

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catch firecatch the infectionchafe choke churn

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Noun(7 words)

coals embers fermenting fester festering flames glow

combustcome apartcook eruptescape noticeexcite easilyexplode fermentfire upflameflame upflareflare upflash upflicker flip flushfly off the handlefret fry

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fulminate fume fust gaspget excitedglowgo into hystericsgo onhang firehave a conniptionhave a tantrumhibernatehit the ceilingidle

Verb(1 words)

festers

Related words (69)

incandescelie beneathlie dormantlie hidlie lowlurkmake no signmoil pant parchpissed offradiate heatrageraise cainraise hellraise the devilraise the rooframp rantrant and rave

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rave roastrun a temperaturescald scorch seetheshimmer with heatsimmer sizzle sleep slumber smoke smother spark stagnate steam stew stifle stir storm suffocate sweat sweltertake firetake onthrow a fittoastturn a hairunderlie vegetate

Noun(12 words)

lie latentpercolate resentment seethe simmer simmering simmers smokes smoking smouldering smoulderssuppressed anger

Verb(7 words)

seethed seethes seething smoked smoldered smoulder swelters

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries

burn burning combust combustion develop emerge emote emotion experience feel feeling fire

More specific

10 entries

bitterness brew coals embers fume glow grudge percolate resentment seethe

Collocations

9 entries

a smolder of angerhidden smoldersmoldering cigarettesmoldering coalsmoldering emberssmoldering firesmoldering ragesmoldering remainssmoldering wick

Inflections

3 entries

smoldered smoldering smolders

Derivations

5 entries

smoldered smolderer smoldering smolderingly smolders

Sample sentences

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If you squelch the fire with water, the coals will not smolder.

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The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.

Source: wiktionary

Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]

Source: wiktionary

Behind him, where the deer had been, smoldered a large circle of grass and trees.

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