Words and phrases that have a meaning related to fester: (129 results)
Often used in the same context:
linger, persist, unchecked, metastasize, wallow, percolate, smolder, proliferate, seep, simmering, languish, ossify, implode, infest, rot, permeate, ferment, deteriorate, disintegrate, erupt, degenerate, creep, wither, subside, flourish, putrefy, dissipate, worsen, calcify, bedevil, abate, exacerbate, pervade, muddle, stewing, inflamed, roil, stagnate, escalate, heal, engulf, lie dormant, boils, afflict, reemerge, embitter, marinate, harden, enfeeble, gestate, seethe, befoul, remedied, perpetuate, blossom, germinate, foments, metastasise, regress, ooze, recede, blights, disappear, sprout, devolve, ripen, coarsen, gnaw, aggravate, cauterise, decompose, recur, plague, mismanage, arise, coagulate, spew, resolved, crumble, happen, grow, bleed, mired, drift, explode, ruminate, incubate, overgrow, thrive, shrivel, thicken, dwell, body politic, lurk, overpopulate, multiply, ravage, curdle, tolerate, underachieve, sink, undetected, counsel, hitherto, anything, armor, bad, brewing, conscience, deserving, hash, heart, hurt, idea, impotent, intention, leaven, melodrama, money, put, seed, sickness
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Also try:suppurate, suppurating sore
— Adjectives for fester: much, sore, little, only, untended, bad, secret, best, evil, incurable, florid, more...
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