Meanings
present singular third person suppurates · participle present suppurating · participle past suppurated · past suppurated
- intransitiveTo form or discharge pus.
Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies.
1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth1 more example
The only difference being Bezos was worth $60.7bn, while Bloodworth and his fellow “associates” walked back at midnight to fetid digs “with heavy legs supporting suppurating feet which over the course of the day had puffed up half a size bigger”.
2018 March 11, Nick Cohen, quoting James Bloodworth, “Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain – review”, in The Guardian - transitiveTo cause to generate pus.
to suppurate a sore
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsuppūrātus
- Englishsuppurate
From Latin suppūrātus, past participle of suppūrō, from pūr-, stem of pūs.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐμπυέω
- ἐμπυέω (empuéō)form or discharge pus
Arabic تَقَيَّحَ
- تَقَيَّحَ (taqayyaḥa)form or discharge pus
Bulgarian загноявам
- загноявам (zagnojavam)form or discharge pus
Catalan supurar
- supurarform or discharge pus
Chinese Mandarin 化膿 /化脓, 潰爛 /溃烂
- 化膿 /化脓 (huànóng)form or discharge pus
- 潰爛 /溃烂 (kuìlàn)form or discharge pus
Czech hnisat
- hnisatform or discharge pus
Finnish märkiä
- märkiäform or discharge pus
French suppurer
- suppurerform or discharge pus
German eitern
- eiternform or discharge pus
Greek πυορροώ
- πυορροώ (pyorroó)form or discharge pus
Hungarian elgennyesedik
- elgennyesedikform or discharge pus
Italian suppurare
- suppurareform or discharge pus
Japanese 化膿する, 爛れる
- 化膿する (kanō suru)form or discharge pus
- 爛れる (tadareru)form or discharge pus
Latin suppūrō
- suppūrōform or discharge pus
Māori taemataku
- taematakuform or discharge pus
Polish ropieć
- ropiećform or discharge pus
Portuguese supurar
- supurarform or discharge pus
Romanian supura, puroia
- supuraform or discharge pus
- puroiaform or discharge pus
Russian гнои́ться
- гнои́ться (gnoítʹsja)form or discharge pus
Spanish supurar
- supurarform or discharge pus
Turkish cerahatlenmek, irinlenmek
- cerahatlenmekform or discharge pus
- irinlenmekform or discharge pus
Vietnamese mưng mủ
- mưng mủform or discharge pus
Cite this entry
suppurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppurate
“suppurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppurate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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