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单词 festering
释义

festering

adjective

fes·​ter·​ing ˈfe-st(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce festering (audio)
1
: contaminated by an infective agent (such as a bacterium) and producing pus
a festering wound
But if the patient can manage it, the whirlpool is a dandy way to handle festering bedsores. Paul G. Donohue
2
a
: persisting and growing increasingly bitter over time
festering resentment
… comedy that comes from a pit of festering hatred … Robert Brustein
b
: persistently producing bad or unhealthy effects
Four hundred yards to the west, between the schoolhouse and the mountain, lay a festering center of sin, a bootleg whiskey still operated by the celebrated anti-Prohibition guerilla Sam Reever. Russell Baker

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1

festering 1 of 3

noun

as in decomposition
the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances the ghastly festering of the corpses abandoned on the battlefield

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • decomposition
  • rot
  • decay
  • putrefaction
  • fermentation
  • putrescence
  • corruption
  • spoilage
  • crumbling
  • disintegration
  • moldering
  • breakdown
  • souring
  • curdling
  • dissolution

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • growth
  • ripening
  • maturation

festering

2 of 3

adjective

as in bleeding

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bleeding
  • burning
  • nagging
  • chafing
  • pernicious
  • itching
  • inflamed
  • noxious
  • smarting
  • stinging
  • prickling
  • swollen
  • damaging
  • raw
  • cramping
  • pricking
  • detrimental
  • aching
  • tender
  • agonizing
  • harmful
  • enflamed
  • pinching
  • sore
  • threatening
  • deleterious
  • injurious
  • excruciating
  • painful
  • hurtful
  • hurting
  • torturous
  • severe
  • grievous
  • nasty
  • wounding
  • achy
  • afflictive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • healing
  • helping
  • remedial
  • indolent
  • curative
  • painless

festering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of fester
as in rotting
to go through decomposition a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rotting
  • decomposing
  • decaying
  • disintegrating
  • moldering
  • putrefying
  • corrupting
  • spoiling
  • deteriorating
  • crumbling
  • molding
  • perishing
  • fouling
  • falling apart
  • souring
  • contaminating
  • rusting
  • polluting
  • descending
  • fermenting
  • tainting
  • turning
  • running to seed
  • defiling
  • breaking down
  • going to seed
  • degenerating
  • mortifying
  • curdling
  • sinking
  • withering
  • dilapidating
  • addling
  • turning off
  • declining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • growing
  • developing
  • aging
  • maturing
  • ripening
  • ageing
  • restoring
  • cleansing
  • renewing
  • purifying
  • improving
  • integrating
  • composing
  • refreshing
  • ameliorating
  • assembling
  • meliorating
  • bettering
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