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- (of a wound or sore) become septic; suppurate:"I developed a tropical sore that festered badly"Similar:
- (of food or rubbish) become rotten and offensive to the senses:"piles of mouldy grey paper festered by the sink"
- (of a negative feeling or a problem) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference:"below the surface, the old antagonisms festered"
- (of a person) deteriorate physically and mentally in isolated inactivity:"remand prisoners are left to fester in our jails while they wait for trial"
Originlate Middle English: from the rare word fester ‘fistula’, later ‘festering sore’, or Old French festrir (verb), both from Old French festre (noun), from Latin fistula ‘pipe, reed, fistula’. FESTER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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