smouldered
past simple and past participle ofsmoulder
smoulder
verb[I]
UK(USsmolder)uk/ˈsməʊl.dər/us/ˈsmoʊl.dɚ/smoulderverb[I](BURN)
toburnslowlywithsmokebut withoutflames:
a smoulderingfire
smoulderingembers
Thefirewasstartedby a smoulderingcigarette.
to make fire or damage with fire
- burnThe fire was still burning after 24 hours.
- burn (fuel)The car burns biofuel.
- burnShe burned his diaries to stop the information from becoming public.
- blazeBush fires blazed across the county.
- smoulderUKThe fire smouldered and soon went out.
- scorchThe sun had scorched the grass and turned it brown.
Burning, burnt & on fire
- ablaze
- afire
- alight
- blaze
- burn(something)down
- burn sb up
- burned out
- burnt
- burnt offering
- burnt out
- carbonize
- char
- charred
- consume
- flame
- inextinguishable
- scorch
- scorched
- self-immolation
- unlit
smoulderverb[I](PROBLEM)
If aproblemorunpleasantsituationsmoulders, itcontinuestoexistand maybecomeworseat anytime:
Thedisputeisstillsmouldering, fiveyearsafter thenegotiationsbegan.
Making progress and advancing
- advancement
- age
- ahead
- ahead of
- anti-development
- carry
- flourish
- flower
- furtherance
- gather
- get beyondsomething
- get it togetheridiom
- journey
- mature
- pan
- ripen
- ripeness
- self-advancement
- self-betterment
- self-development
smoulderverb[I](EMOTION)
If astrongemotionsmoulders, itexists, but ispreventedfrom beingexpressed:
She was smoulderingwithrageas sheexplainedhow hersonhad beenkilled.
Strong feelings
- afire
- all-consuming
- anguish
- anguished
- ardent
- fierce
- fierceness
- fit to burstidiom
- fulminating
- grip
- profoundly
- rabid
- rabidly
- reinforced
- rhapsodic
- riptide
- rooted
- searing
- virulent
- visceral
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Controlling emotions
smoulderverb[I](ROMANTIC FEELINGS)
Apersonwho smoulders hasstrongsexualorromanticfeelingsbut does notexpressthem:
Hegazedat her with smoulderingeyes,wishingshe wasn'tmarried.
Examplesofsmouldered
smouldered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I understand that the pyres were active for two weeks, although they would havesmoulderedfor several weeks after this.
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But it was a torch which lit fires which havesmoulderedever since.
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Spin is like a fire that hassmoulderedunder the surface for a long time and which suddenly blazes out.
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It said that materials thatsmoulderedshould be discarded as soon as possible.
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It has justsmoulderedon for 12 months and it has now reached an area of 200 square miles from that initial outbreak.
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Itsmoulderedand caused the fire.
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When not in use, the fire in the samovar pipe faintlysmouldered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The firesmoulderedand eventually burned through the wall to the school next door.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Elsewhere, however, the rebellion, which had been put down by rapidity of action rather than sheer weight of numbers, stillsmouldered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It burned for two weeks andsmoulderedfor 6 months.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For some months, this oppositionsmouldered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slightly plump and rather short in stature with a face framed by unkempt raven hair and eyes encircled by deep, dark shadows, shesmoulderedwith seething earthiness and volcanic temperament.
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- soil horizon
- soil horizon
- soiling
- soil invertebrate
- soil liquefaction
- soil-liquefaction
- soil matrix
- soil microbe
- soil moisture
- soil moisture
- soil profile
- soil profile
- soil sample
- soil science
- soil-science
- soil scientist
- soil solarization
- soil temperature
- soil temperature
- soil texture
- soil texture
- soirée
- so ... it's not true
- so-it-s-not-true
- sojourn