About The Word Fester

Learn about the word Fester to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Fester definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Fester

Fester Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Fester?
[n] a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
[v] ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fester: maturate | suppurate | suppurating sore Related Terms | Find terms related to Fester: abscess | afflict | agonize | ail | aposteme | bed sore | bite | blain | bleb | blister | boil | break up | bubo | bulla | bunion | burn | canker | canker sore | carbuncle | chafe | chancre | chancroid | chilblain | cold sore | convulse | corrupt | crucify | crumble | crumble into dust | cut | decay | decompose | disintegrate | distress | eschar | excruciate | fall into decay | fall to pieces | felon | festering | fever blister | fistula | fret | furuncle | furunculus | gall | gangrene | gathering | give pain | gnaw | go bad | go to pieces | grate | grind | gripe | gumboil | harrow | hemorrhoids | hurt | inflame | inflict pain | irritate | kibe | kill by inches | lacerate | lesion | martyr | martyrize | matter | mildew | mold | molder | mortify | necrose | nip | ooze | pain | papula | papule | paronychia | parulis | petechia | pierce | piles | pimple | pinch | pock | polyp | prick | prolong the agony | pustule | put to torture | putrefy | putresce | rack | rankle | rasp | ripen | rising | rot | rub | run | scab | smoulder | soft chancre | sore | sphacelate | spoil | stab | stigma | sting | sty | suppurate | suppuration | swelling | torment | torture | tubercle | tweak | twist | ulcer | ulcerate | ulceration | wale | weep | welt | wheal | whelk | whitlow | wound | wring See Also | discharge | eject | expel | release | sore Fester In Webster's Dictionary \Fes"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Festered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Festering}.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF.
festrir, fr. festre, n. See {Fester}, n.]
1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a
sore or a wound festers.
Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.
--Milton.
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and
smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester.
--South.
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children
of the soil. --Macaulay.
2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in
intensity; to rankle.
\Fes`ter\, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. --Marston. \Fes"ter\, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. {Fistula}.] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. 2. A festering or rankling. The fester of the chain their necks. --I. Taylor. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Copper-bottomed ‐ having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper; "copper-bottomed…
- Nephelium litchi ‐ Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for…
- Eumetopias ‐ sea lions
- Genus tubercularia ‐ type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red…
- Early-morning hour ‐ an hour early in…
- Polytonalism ‐ music that uses two or more different keys at the…
- Agent bank ‐ a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank [n] a bank named…
- Scorpaenoid ‐ fishes having the head armored with…
- Bear on ‐ have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [v] press,…
- Welcomed(a) ‐ gladly and cordially received…