smolder
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smolder
- /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈsmoʊldɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈsməʉldə(ɹ)/ Australia
- /ˈsmɐʉldə(ɹ)/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -əʊldə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *smolōn (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”). Related to Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (> English smell).
verb smolders · smoldering · smoldered · smoulder
- To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame. The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
- To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
- To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
noun smolders · smoulder
- The act of smoldering or something that smolders. And she’s got a great scene partner in Stevens, refining his star power into a just slightly, almost imperceptibly mechanical approximation of Don Juan smolder. He lets us admire the interface and still see the code ticking away underneath it.
Translations
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verb to burn slowly with smoke but no flame
| Español | arder sin flama |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 燻る kusuburu |
| 中文 | 陰燃 /阴燃 yīnrán |
| Português | queimar/arder (sem chama) |
| Français | se consumer, couver |
| Deutsch | schwelen, glimmen |
| Italiano | ardere |
| Ελληνικά | σιγοκαίω sigokaío, υποκαίω ypokaío, καίω χωρίς φλόγα kaío chorís flóga |
| Русский | тлеть tletʹ |
verb to show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion
| Français | ronger son frein |
|---|---|
| Italiano | covare |
| Ελληνικά | σιγοκαίω sigokaío |
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