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or smoulder
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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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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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The first known use of smolder was in 1529
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