Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to smolder
Participle: smoldered
Gerund: smoldering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | smolder |
| you | smolder |
| he;she;it | smolders |
| we | smolder |
| you | smolder |
| they | smolder |
Perfect
| I | have smoldered |
| you | have smoldered |
| he;she;it | has smoldered |
| we | have smoldered |
| you | have smoldered |
| they | have smoldered |
Past
| I | smoldered |
| you | smoldered |
| he;she;it | smoldered |
| we | smoldered |
| you | smoldered |
| they | smoldered |
Pluperfect
| I | had smoldered |
| you | had smoldered |
| he;she;it | had smoldered |
| we | had smoldered |
| you | had smoldered |
| they | had smoldered |
Future
| I | will smolder |
| you | will smolder |
| he;she;it | will smolder |
| we | will smolder |
| you | will smolder |
| they | will smolder |
Future Perfect
| I | will have smoldered |
| you | will have smoldered |
| he;she;it | will have smoldered |
| we | will have smoldered |
| you | will have smoldered |
| they | will have smoldered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | smolder |
| you | smolder |
| he;she;it | smolder |
| we | smolder |
| you | smolder |
| they | smolder |
Perfect
| I | have smoldered |
| you | have smoldered |
| he;she;it | have smoldered |
| we | have smoldered |
| you | have smoldered |
| they | have smoldered |
Imperfect
| I | smoldered |
| you | smoldered |
| he;she;it | smoldered |
| we | smoldered |
| you | smoldered |
| they | smoldered |
Pluperfect
| I | had smoldered |
| you | had smoldered |
| he;she;it | had smoldered |
| we | had smoldered |
| you | had smoldered |
| they | had smoldered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would smolder |
| you | would smolder |
| he;she;it | would smolder |
| we | would smolder |
| you | would smolder |
| they | would smolder |
Perfect
| I | would have smoldered |
| you | would have smoldered |
| he;she;it | would have smoldered |
| we | would have smoldered |
| you | would have smoldered |
| they | would have smoldered |
Imperative
| you | smolder |
| we | Let's smolder |
| you | smolder |
Verbs conjugated like 'smolder'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smolder'
molder,
smoulder,
solder,
empolder,
impolder,
moder,
moider,
molden,
moulder,
polder,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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). See: English '
smell'.
Sample Sentences
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The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
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Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire,
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And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts,
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Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes,
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Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […] [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:]
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Behind him, where the deer had been, smoldered a large circle of grass and trees. [2003, Christopher Paolini, “Discovery”, in Eragon, page 7:]