Past tense of smolder
regular verb
The past tense of smolder is smoldered. The past participle is also smoldered.
Forms of smolder
| Base form (V1) | smolder /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | smoldered |
| Past participle (V3) | smoldered |
| Present participle | smoldering |
| Third person singular | smolders |
Smoldered in a sentence
- Behind him, where the deer had been, smoldered a large circle of grass and trees.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Discovery”, in Eragon, page 7
- The wintering grasses smoldered with a reddish-browh hue, similar to the patches on the bird's coverlet feathers.2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry coverlet
Meaning of smolder
- verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
- verb To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
- verb To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
Questions about the past tense of smolder
- What is the past tense of smolder?
- The past tense of smolder is smoldered.
- What is the past participle of smolder?
- The past participle of smolder is smoldered.
- Is smolder a regular or irregular verb?
- Smolder is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: smolder (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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