What (who) is fester - definition
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fester
(festers, festering, festered)
1.
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.
Resentments are starting to fester.
...festering wounds of the legacy of British imperialism.
VERB: V, V-ing [disapproval]
2.
If a wound festers, it becomes infected, making it worse.
The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in...
Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
VERB: V, V-ing
fester
Smeone who is constantly sick - especially if such sickness normally coincides with work to be done.
Chris, the typical fester, was at the doctor's office just as the next container of car parts arrived to be unloaded.
Chris, the typical fester, was at the doctor's office just as the next container of car parts arrived to be unloaded.
fester
I. v. n.
1.
Rankle, corrupt, suppurate, ulcerate.
2.
Become malignant, grow virulent or violent, rankle.
II. v. n.
1.
Pustule, sore, abscess, imposthume, gathering.
2.
Festering, rankling.
Wikipedia
Fester
Fester or Fester's may refer to:
- Fester Bestertester, a character created by cartoonist Don Martin
- Fester Hollow, a tributary of the West Branch Briar Creek in Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Fester Kun Med Mig Selv, a single by Danish singer Jon Nørgaard
- Uncle Fester, or Fester Addams, a member of the fictional Addams Family
- Uncle Fester (author), the nom de plume of Steve Preisler, author
- Fester's Quest, a video game
Pronunciation examples for fester
1. and fester into paranoia
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2. that's going to fester and pustulate
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3. There's the wound! Beginning to fester!
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4. Because then, it would just fester,
No Mercy in this Land _ Charlie Musselwhite & Ben Harper _ Talks at Google
5. can become bitterness and fester and destroy the person.
Henson & Lyriq Bent _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of fester
1. "The thing was allowed to fester and fester and fester," Napolitano said.
2. "This situation should never have been allowed to fester.
3. The issues outstanding will fester and generate constant friction.
4. Resistance to military control has already begun to fester.
5. At the close of the ceremony, a military band played "America the Beautiful" as flags were presented to his wife, Julie Fester, mother, Virginia Piecoro, and father, William Fester.