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1
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
- She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home.
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2
to be on fire usually with smoke but few flames
- They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire.
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“Smolder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smolder. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of smolder was in 1529
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