festering

English

Verb

festering

1. present participle of fester

Noun

festering (plural festerings)

1. The condition of something that festers.
   • 1842, Bradshaw’s Journal, volume III, page 89:

     […] discontent would creep in and breed festerings and mortifications in the New Moral World, or else decree its fate more rapidly by effecting its dissolution.

Synonyms

• fester (noun)
• festerment

Anagrams

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