smoulder

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb Alternative form of smolder.
2. verb To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
3. noun smoke; smother
4. noun Alternative form of smolder.
5. noun A disease of narcissus and related flowers caused by the fungus Botrytis narcissicola, and characterized by dark brown lesions on the leaves.

Similar words

hatch fester incubate smother smoor stifle asphyxiate smudge suffocate strangle

Often followed by

in and for on of with away under into

Word family

smolder smoldered smoldering smolders smouldered smouldering smoulders