Defenition of the word festering

• Defenition of the word festering

  • having undergone infection; "festering sores"; "an infected wound"
  • the formation and discharge of pus
  • a fluid product of inflammation
  • (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Synonyms for the word festering

• • bad
  • decayed
  • decaying
  • decomposed
  • fusty
  • ichor
  • infected
  • musty
  • off
  • purulence
  • purulent
  • pus
  • pussy
  • putrid
  • rotten
  • rotting
  • sanies
  • stale
  • suppuration

Similar words in the festering

• • festering
  • septic

Hyponyms for the word festering

• • gleet

Hypernyms for the word festering

• • activity
  • bodily fluid
  • bodily function
  • bodily process
  • body fluid
  • body process
  • humor
  • humour
  • liquid body substance

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