What is another word for festering?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɛstəɹɪŋ], [ fˈɛstəɹɪŋ], [ f_ˈɛ_s_t_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Festering:
adj.
• disintegrated (adjective)- dissected,
- dissolved,
- crumbled,
- putrefied,
- gangrenous,
- spoiled,
- molten,
- decayed,
- mortified,
- decomposed,
- broken,
- Degenerated,
- Disintegrated,
- turned,
- shattered,
- dilapidated,
- Anatomized.
- more chafed,
- in-flamed,
- most blistered,
- most chafed,
- more septic,
- in flamed,
- most septic,
- most scalded,
- most festered,
- more blistered,
- more festered,
- more scalded.
- inflamed,
- rotting,
- purulent,
- Perished,
- overripe,
- fecal,
- mephitic,
- blistered,
- septic,
- putrescent,
- putrified,
- bad-smelling,
- over-ripe,
- feculent,
- Pustular,
- rotten.
- more disintegrated,
- badsmelling,
- most decomposed,
- de-composed,
- most putrescent,
- more decomposed,
- more putrified,
- de composed,
- more bad smelling,
- over ripe,
- more moldering,
- dis-integrated,
- most disintegrating,
- more bad-smelling,
- most polluted,
- dis integrating,
- most putrified,
- most bad smelling,
- bad smelling,
- more festering,
- most fecal,
- most smelling,
- more infected,
- more putrescent,
- most corroded,
- more feculent,
- more decomposing,
- more purulent,
- more crumbled,
- un-soundest,
- more fecal,
- un-sound,
- most infected,
- more pustular,
- more disintegrating,
- most feculent,
- most perished,
- more overripe,
- more polluted,
- dis-gusting,
- dis gusting,
- most moldering,
- de composing,
- most decomposing,
- more perished,
- de-composing,
- most bad-smelling,
- dis-integrating,
- most purulent,
- dis integrated,
- more badsmelling,
- un-sounder,
- most pustular,
- most overripe,
- most festering,
- most badsmelling,
- more smelling,
- more corroded,
- most crumbled,
- un sounder,
- most disintegrated,
- un sound.
- grubby,
- unclean,
- impure,
- squalid,
- infectious,
- grungy,
- dingy,
- foul,
- muddy,
- dirty,
- toxic,
- odious,
- fetid,
- sordid,
- obscene,
- offensive,
- scruffy,
- unhygenic,
- filthy,
- smutty,
- murky,
- slovenly,
- unsanitary,
- icky,
- shabby,
- dusty,
- defiled,
- disgusting,
- insalubrious,
- scatological,
- untidy,
- sloppy,
- crummy,
- grimy,
- mucky.
n.
• festering (noun)- pus,
- ichor,
- putrid,
- suppuration,
- maturation,
- purulence,
- sanies,
- infected.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- outgrowth,
- evolution,
- Mildewed,
- Maturative,
- idling,
- cancerous,
- decomposing,
- cankerous,
- pile,
- Mattering,
- poisoning,
- blain,
- corrupt,
- putrescence,
- infection,
- cold sore,
- leukorrhea,
- welt,
- decompose,
- ulcerous,
- galled,
- bunion,
- maturement,
- stinking,
- corruption,
- smelly,
- irritated,
- perversion,
- breakdown,
- purulency,
- funky,
- Cankered,
- ulcerative,
- rotted,
- fiery,
- carious,
- Befouling,
- papule,
- rot,
- inflammation,
- Aposteme,
- matter,
- pustule,
- tingling,
- Fouling,
- ulceration,
- sore spot,
- eschar,
- boiling,
- soreness,
- releasing,
- soured,
- Papula,
- red,
- ulcering,
- pollution,
- wound,
- bubbling,
- lesion,
- whitlow,
- mouldering,
- sore,
- raw,
- decay,
- exploitation,
- gleet,
- contamination,
- pimple,
- proliferation,
- festers,
- piles,
- misuse,
- mouldy,
- spoilt,
- furunculus,
- putrefaction,
- Ejecting,
- affect,
- suppurative,
- angry,
- inflame,
- furuncular,
- ontogeny,
- Festered,
- Gangrened,
- bleb,
- tubercle,
- defilement,
- Perishing,
- gone bad,
- ulcer,
- ontogenesis,
- whelk,
- scab,
- foetid,
- gathering,
- Rankling,
- tender,
- Cankering,
- off,
- Hemorrhoids,
- tainted,
- pock,
- gumboil,
- carbuncle,
- emergence,
- polyp,
- Decaying,
- sensitiveness,
- felon,
- adulteration,
- swelling,
- ulcerate,
- parulis,
- pussy,
- irritation,
- prostitution,
- stale,
- sty,
- wale,
- wheal,
- fistula,
- bulla,
- Sphacelated,
- chancroid,
- Necrosed,
- furuncle,
- weeping,
- running,
- contaminated,
- ripening,
- noisome,
- growing,
- boil,
- kibe,
- vitiation,
- corroding,
- spoilage,
- increase,
- paronychia,
- Putrefying,
- Envenoming,
- rancid,
- growth,
- fester,
- sour,
- rising,
- corrode,
- fermenting,
- increment,
- chafed,
- canker,
- chancre,
- abscess,
- blister,
- decomposition,
- stigma,
- tenderness,
- bad,
- sensitive,
- soft chancre,
- ulcerated,
- smarting,
- Languishing,
- burning,
- bubo,
- chilblain,
- rank,
- algetic,
- furunculous,
- Stagnating,
- metastasis,
- fever blister,
- reeking,
- Bed Sore,
- Maturing,
- peccant,
- putrescing,
- canker sore,
- Suppurating,
- petechia,
- development,
- necrotic,
- algesia,
- Maturating,
- Ulcerating.
How to use "Festering" in context?
When you hear the word "fester," what comes to mind? Probably images of infection, pus and misery. But what about rotting? festering can actually refer to a period of time when something rots, or integrates with the environment in a negative way. This process can often lead to something deteriorating and no longer functioning as it should. In short, festering can refer to anything that's going wrong in a process or organism, and can often be a sign of something going wrong. Here are four examples of how festering can manifest in the physical world.
1. Festering wounds are a common sign of infection.
Paraphrases for Festering:
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
aggravating, declining, deepening, deteriorating, exacerbating, worsening.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Festering:
Hyponym for Festering:
n.
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process
bodily process, activity, body process, bodily function.
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process
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