ALL meanings of fester
fes·ter
F f - noun fester (of a wound or sore) Become septic; suppurate. 1
- verb without object fester to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate. 1
- verb without object fester to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh. 1
- verb without object fester to putrefy or rot. 1
- verb without object fester to rankle, as a feeling of resentment. 1
- verb with object fester to cause to rankle: Malice festered his spirit. 1
- noun fester an ulcer; a rankling sore. 1
- noun fester a small, purulent, superficial sore. 1
- intransitive verb fester emotion: cause resentment 1
- intransitive verb fester sore, wound: form pus 1
- intransitive verb fester substance: rot 1
- intransitive verb fester to decay 0
- verb transitive fester to cause the formation of pus in 0
- verb transitive fester to make rankle; embitter 0
- verb fester To become septic; to become rotten. 0
- verb fester To worsen, especially due to lack of attention. 0
- verb fester To cause to fester or rankle. 0
- verb fester If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is festering, you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not being properly recognized or dealt with. 0
- verb fester If a wound festers, it becomes infected, making it worse. 0
- verb fester If you say that food is festering, you mean that it is decaying in a very unpleasant way. 0
- verb fester to form or cause to form pus 0
- verb fester to become rotten; decay 0
- verb fester to become or cause to become bitter, irritated, etc, esp over a long period of time; rankle 0
- verb fester to be idle or inactive 0
- noun fester a small ulcer or sore containing pus 0
- noun fester a small sore filled with pus; pustule 0
- intransitive verb fester to form pus; ulcerate 0
- intransitive verb fester to grow embittered; rankle 0
- intransitive verb fester to grow or increase in virulence 0