smolder
1 synonym and 1 antonym for smolder, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To burn gently and produce smoke, without much of a flame.
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smoulder
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), which ultimately traces to Proto-West Germanic *smolōn (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”). It is related to Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (which gave English smell).
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