festering

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noun

The condition of something that festers.

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Meanings

nounfestering (plural festerings)

plural festerings

  1. The condition of something that festers.

    […] discontent would creep in and breed festerings and mortifications in the New Moral World, or else decree its fate more rapidly by effecting its dissolution.

    1842, Bradshaw’s Journal, volume III, page 89
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fester

    Synonyms: fester, festerment

adjectivefestering (comparative more festering, superlative most festering)

comparative more festering · superlative most festering

    Synonyms & antonyms

    More synonyms by meaning

    noun(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

    Similar
    suppurationmaturation
    Broader
    bodily processbody processbodily function

    nouna fluid product of inflammation

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    puspurulencesuppurationichorsanies
    Broader
    liquid body substancebodily fluidbody fluid
    Also see
    ichormaturationpurulencepussaniessuppuration

    Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

    Rhymes & wordplay

    Anagrams

    Festinger
    Cite this entry
    APA

    festering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festering

    MLA

    “festering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “festering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festering.

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