ALL meanings of festered
fes·ter
F f - noun festered Simple past tense and past participle of fester. 1
- verb without object festered to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate. 1
- verb without object festered to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh. 1
- verb without object festered to putrefy or rot. 1
- verb without object festered to rankle, as a feeling of resentment. 1
- verb with object festered to cause to rankle: Malice festered his spirit. 1
- noun festered an ulcer; a rankling sore. 1
- noun festered a small, purulent, superficial sore. 1