SMOLDER Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

smolder

verb

variants or smoulder

as in to anger

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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as in to blaze

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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Recent Examples of smolder As buildings continue to smolder and clearing debris sends harmful particles back into the air, the pollutants can also contaminate agriculture and waterways. —

Armin Sorooshian, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026 For about a week, the fire smoldered at low intensity, doing its work on a patch of roughly 120 acres. —

New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Now, ex-government whistleblowers are adding fuel to Havana Syndrome’s smoldering embers. —

Joe Wilkins Published Mar 11, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026 But Harvey had somehow secured a placard to get our car through the police roadblocks and checkpoints to the still-smoldering site. —

Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for smolder

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Or simply anger that any parent would have to suffer the agony of having a missing child.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
The first major nationwide protests against the Islamic regime began in June 2009, with demonstrators angered by the fraudulent presidential election.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026