Synonyms for festering
fes·ter·ing

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1. festering, suppuration, maturationnoun

   (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

   Synonyms:
   suppuration, ontogenesis, sanies, ripening, growth, ichor, growing, purulence, ontogeny, pus, maturation, maturement, development

2. pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festeringnoun

   a fluid product of inflammation

   Synonyms:
   purulency, suppuration, sanies, ichor, purulence, pus, maturation

Matched Categories

1. • Bodily Process
   • Liquid Body Substance
   • Medicine

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1. festeringadjective

   Synonyms:
   suppurating, maturating, rankling

2. festeringnoun

   Synonyms:
   suppuration, maturation, ulceration, fester, rankling

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How to use festering in a sentence?

1. Minerliz Soriano:

   It's been an open festering wound, minnie.

2. Bill Clinton:

   Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you hoped would be resolved, the political class has failed you, that’s what Donald Trump has tapped into.

3. Jennifer McClellan:

   I think this is a first step in beginning the process to heal wounds that have been festering for 400 years, now we can finally begin the process of healing that wound. This can not be the only step.

4. Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer:

   Given my desire to resolve a festering issue, I tried to find a way that would prevent the president from further involvement while trying all avenues to get Gallaghers file in front of a peer-review board, why? The Naval Special Warfare [NSW]community owns the Trident pin, not the secretary of the Navy, not the defense secretary, not even the president.If the review board concluded that Gallagher deserved to keep it, so be it.

5. Jessica Vaughan:

   This is a serious problem that has been festering for years, but is getting worse as countries realize that they can get away with just refusing to accept back their citizens who are criminals, what is equally frustrating is that the Obama administration has continuously refused to use the tools that Congress has provided and the leverage that we have with many of the recalcitrant countries, even as the roster of victims from these criminal aliens grows longer every month.