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fester
fes·ter F0090200 (fĕs′tər) v. fes·tered, fes·ter·ing, fes·ters v. intr. 1. To generate pus; suppurate. 2. To form an ulcer. 3. To undergo decay; rot. 4. a. To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle: bitterness that festered and grew. b. To be subject to or exist in a condition of decline: allowed the once beautiful park to fester. v. tr. To infect, inflame, or corrupt. n. A small festering sore or ulcer; a pustule.
[Middle English festren, from festre, fistula, from Old French, from Latin fistula; see fistula.] fester (ˈfɛstə) vb1. (Medicine) to form or cause to form pus2. (intr) to become rotten; decay3. to become or cause to become bitter, irritated, etc, esp over a long period of time; rankle: resentment festered his imagination. 4. (intr) informal to be idle or inactiven (Medicine) a small ulcer or sore containing pus[C13: from Old French festre suppurating sore, from Latin: fistula]fes•ter (ˈfɛs tər)
v.i. 1. to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate: a festering wound. 2. to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh. 3. to putrefy or rot. 4. to rankle, as resentment or bitterness: The desire for revenge festered in her heart. v.t. 5. to cause to rankle: envy festering the spirit. n. 6. an ulcer; a rankling sore. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French festre < Latin fistula fistula] fester
Past participle: festered
Gerund: festering
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| I fester | | you fester | | he/she/it festers | | we fester | | you fester | | they fester |
| Preterite |
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| I festered | | you festered | | he/she/it festered | | we festered | | you festered | | they festered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am festering | | you are festering | | he/she/it is festering | | we are festering | | you are festering | | they are festering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have festered | | you have festered | | he/she/it has festered | | we have festered | | you have festered | | they have festered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was festering | | you were festering | | he/she/it was festering | | we were festering | | you were festering | | they were festering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had festered | | you had festered | | he/she/it had festered | | we had festered | | you had festered | | they had festered |
| Future |
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| I will fester | | you will fester | | he/she/it will fester | | we will fester | | you will fester | | they will fester |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have festered | | you will have festered | | he/she/it will have festered | | we will have festered | | you will have festered | | they will have festered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be festering | | you will be festering | | he/she/it will be festering | | we will be festering | | you will be festering | | they will be festering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been festering | | you have been festering | | he/she/it has been festering | | we have been festering | | you have been festering | | they have been festering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been festering | | you will have been festering | | he/she/it will have been festering | | we will have been festering | | you will have been festering | | they will have been festering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been festering | | you had been festering | | he/she/it had been festering | | we had been festering | | you had been festering | | they had been festering |
| Conditional |
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| I would fester | | you would fester | | he/she/it would fester | | we would fester | | you would fester | | they would fester |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have festered | | you would have festered | | he/she/it would have festered | | we would have festered | | you would have festered | | they would have festered |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | fester - a sore that has become inflamed and formed pussuppurating soresore - an open skin infection | | Verb | 1. | fester - ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"suppurate, maturatesuppurate, mature - cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
festerverb1. intensify, gall, smoulder, chafe, irk, rankle, aggravate Resentments are starting to fester.2. putrefy, decay, become infected, become inflamed, suppurate, ulcerate, maturate, gather The wound is festering and gangrene has set in.3. rot, break down, spoil, corrupt, crumble, deteriorate, decay, disintegrate, taint, perish, degenerate, decompose, corrode, moulder, go bad, putrefy The food will fester and go to waste.Translationsfester (ˈfestə) verb (of an open injury eg a cut or sore) to become infected. The wound began to fester. (傷口)化膿，潰爛 化脓，溃烂 fester
fester a small ulcer or sore containing pus fester
Related to fester: COMEX, Addams FamilySynonyms for festerverb intensifySynonyms- intensify
- gall
- smoulder
- chafe
- irk
- rankle
- aggravate
verb putrefySynonyms- putrefy
- decay
- become infected
- become inflamed
- suppurate
- ulcerate
- maturate
- gather
verb rotSynonyms- rot
- break down
- spoil
- corrupt
- crumble
- deteriorate
- decay
- disintegrate
- taint
- perish
- degenerate
- decompose
- corrode
- moulder
- go bad
- putrefy
Synonyms for festernoun a sore that has become inflamed and formed pusSynonymsRelated Wordsverb ripen and generate pusSynonymsRelated Words- suppurate
- mature
- eject
- expel
- release
- exhaust
- discharge
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