Fester

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  • intransitive verb. To generate pus; suppurate.
  • intransitive verb. To form an ulcer.
  • intransitive verb. To undergo decay; rot.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle.
  • intransitive verb. To be subject to or exist in a condition of decline.
  • intransitive verb. To infect, inflame, or corrupt.
  • noun. A small festering sore or ulcer; a pustule.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as festue.
  • noun. An ulcer; a rankling sore; a small purulent tumor; more particularly, a superficial suppuration resulting from irritation of the skin, the pus being developed in vesicles of irregular figure and extent.
  • noun. The act of festering or rankling.
  • To become a fester; generate purulent matter, as a wound; suppurate; ulcerate.
  • To become corrupt; generate rottenness; rot.
  • To become more and more virulent; rankle, as a feeling of resentment or hatred.
  • To cause to fester: as, exposure festers a wound.
  • To cause to rankle, as a feeling of resentment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to fester or rankle.
  • intransitive verb. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate.
  • intransitive verb. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
  • noun. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
  • noun. A festering or rankling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To become septic; to become rotten.
  • verb. To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
  • verb. ripen and generate pus
  • Word Usage
    "Killing everything or continuing to let this hesitancy fester is not going to get it done."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    discharge  eject  exhaust  expel  release  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abscess  afflict  agonize  ail  aposteme  
    verb-form