Definition for Festering:

• Rankling; growing more corrupt.

Synonyms for Festering:

• adj.

  •disintegrated (adjective)
  • dissected,
  • dissolved,
  • crumbled,
  • putrefied,
  • gangrenous,
  • spoiled,
  • molten,
  • decayed,
  • mortified,
  • decomposed,
  • broken,
  • Degenerated,
  • Disintegrated,
  • turned,
  • shattered,
  • dilapidated,
  • Anatomized.
  •rotten (adjective)
  • 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.
  •unclean (adjective)
  • 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.
  •process (noun)
  • festering.
  •pussy (noun)
  • pussy.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • fecal,
  • mephitic,
  • rotting,
  • Perished,
  • Pustular,
  • blistered,
  • feculent,
  • inflamed,
  • overripe,
  • purulent,
  • putrescent,
  • putrified,
  • rotten,
  • septic,
  • over-ripe,
  • bad-smelling.
  •n.
  • activity,
  • bodily fluid,
  • bodily function,
  • bodily process,
  • body fluid,
  • body process,
  • humor,
  • humour,
  • liquid body substance.

Paraphrases for Festering:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    aggravating, exacerbating, deteriorating, worsening, deepening, declining.

Antonyms for Festering:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    maturation, ripening, growth.

Festering Sentence Examples:

• Her ears never refuse to listen with sympathy to every tale of distress, nor will she hesitate with her own hands to wash and dress the festering wounds and sores of those who flock to her from all the surrounding parishes.

• You children, too, must beware of them; touch them not, they will give you festering wounds.

Homophones for Festering:

• factoring, fostering.

Hyponym for Festering:

• n.

  • process
    bodily process, activity, body process, bodily function.