About The Word Fester
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Fester
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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. |
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