Meaning & use
smolder
To burn slowly with smoke but without flame, or to experience a strong emotion held under a calm surface.
See it in a sentence
The campfire continued to smolder long after everyone had gone to bed.
Resentment smoldered between the two brothers for years after the argument.
A note on using this word
Figuratively describes suppressed feelings like anger or desire that have not yet burst into the open.
Words with a similar meaning
simmerseethe
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