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The synonyms of “Fester” are: maturate, suppurate, become septic, form pus, secrete pus, discharge, run, weep, ooze, rot, moulder, decay, decompose, putrefy, go bad, go off, perish, spoil, deteriorate, disintegrate, degrade, break down, break up, rankle, chafe, gnaw, gnaw at one's mind, eat away at one's mind, ferment, brew, smoulder, suppurating sore
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fester” as a noun can have the following definitions:
suppurating sore | An open skin infection. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fester” as a verb can have the following definitions:
become septic | Enhance the appearance of. |
break down | Break down literally or metaphorically. |
break up | Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank. |
brew | Prepare by brewing. There was more trouble brewing as the miners went on strike. |
chafe | Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing. It chafed him to be confined like this. |
decay | Undergo decay or decomposition. The unoccupied house started to decay. |
decompose | (with reference to a chemical compound) break down or cause to break down into component elements or simpler constituents. In how many ways can one decompose a number as a sum of squares. |
degrade | Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect. Vast areas of natural habitats have been degraded. |
deteriorate | Grow worse. If the situation continues to deteriorate the consequences could be severe. |
discharge | Go off or discharge. There was a dull thud as the gun discharged. |
disintegrate | Undergo or cause to undergo disintegration at a subatomic level. The material disintegrated. |
eat away at one's mind | Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. |
ferment | Of a substance undergo fermentation. Her mind ferments. |
form pus | Establish or impress firmly in the mind. |
gnaw | Bite at or nibble something persistently. Watching a dog gnaw at a big bone. |
gnaw at one's mind | Bite or chew on with the teeth. |
go bad | Be abolished or discarded. |
go off | Blend or harmonize. |
maturate | Grow old or older. If you got a wound in that country it never healed but festered white and maturated. |
moulder | Break down. The books if any are ever printed will moulder in the warehouse. |
ooze | Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities. She oozes a raunchy sex appeal. |
perish | (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay. The children perished in the fire. |
putrefy | Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell. The stench of putrefying corpses. |
rankle | (of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment. Lisa was rankled by his assertion. |
rot | Become physically weaker. The education system has been allowed to rot. |
run | Run with the ball in such sports as football. He is running the Marathon this year. |
secrete pus | Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids. |
smoulder | Show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion. Anna smouldered with indignation. |
spoil | Become unfit for consumption or use. Breakfast in bed you re spoiling me. |
suppurate | Cause to ripen and discharge pus. The oil suppurates the pustules. |
weep | Mourn for; shed tears over. She rubbed the sore making it weep. |
bleed | An instance of bleeding. The bleeding has stopped now. |
blighted | Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity. A blighted rose. |
decay | Fall into decay or ruin. He developed a detector for decays of carbon 14. |
decompose | (with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay. The bodies decomposed in the heat. |
decomposition | Separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance. The decomposition of organic waste. |
degeneracy | Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. A slide into moral degeneracy. |
degenerate | Lacking some usual or expected property or quality. Get out of my house you degenerate. |
deteriorate | Become progressively worse. His mind deteriorated. |
dyspepsia | A disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea. |
entrails | The innermost parts of something. A priest would find omens in the steaming entrails of a sacrificed animal. |
gastritis | Inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating. |
hemophilia | Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son. |
hemostatic | Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels. |
henchman | A faithful follower or political supporter, especially one prepared to engage in crime or violence by way of service. The dictator s henchman. |
indigestion | A disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea. You know crisps give me indigestion. |
killjoy | Someone who spoils the pleasure of others. A few killjoys try to reform the seasonal activities. |
lesion | A region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour. |
molder | Break down. |
offal | The entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food. Beef offal. |
putrefaction | The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction. |
putrefy | (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell. The stench of putrefying corpses. |
putrid | Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction. The putrid atmosphere of the court. |
reflux | (of a fluid) flow backwards through a vessel or valve in the body. The liquid is allowed to reflux until the thermometer records the lowest temperature possible. |
rot | Liver rot in sheep. The chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away. |
sore | A raw or painful place on the body. All of us had sores and infections on our hands. |
spoil | The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy. |
spoilsport | A person who behaves in a way that spoils others’ pleasure, especially by not joining in an activity. Don t be a spoilsport Sidney. |
ulcer | A moral blemish or corrupting influence. He s a conman with an incurable ulcer called gambling. |
wilt | Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage. These varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt. |
wound | Inflict a wound on. You really wounded his pride when you turned him down. |
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