The word "smolder" often carries a connotation of suppressed emotion or intensity, suggesting a slow-burning intensity or passion that is not immediately visible. It can imply a sense of lingering tension or unresolved feelings, often associated with desire, anger, or secrecy. This nuanced meaning evokes an image of something potent and potentially explosive lying just beneath the surface.
The opposite of smolder is to blaze or ignite.
Smolder - Transformers - was created in 2010.
The flames will smolder for hours if it doesn't rain soon.
She was so angry you could almost see her smolder, with smoke puffing out her ears.
Smoke
燻ぶる /ku su bu ru/ means 'to smolder' in Japanese.
smolder
Smolder- to burn without flames; to show signs of repressed anger The building was left smoldering after the fire.
Her smoldering glare ruled out a positive response. The fire is still smoldering.
Burn slowly with smoke but no flame.
redloms or puff up
Older, smolder, molder, boulder, loader.