单词 | festering |
释义 | festeringadjective fes·ter·ing ˈfe-st(ə-)riŋ 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 festering 1 of 3 nounas 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
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festering 2 of 3adjectiveas in bleeding Synonyms & Similar Words
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festering 3 of 3verbas 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
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