fester

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fes‧ter/ˈfestə $ -ər/ verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : festre 'sore hole in flesh', from Latin fistula]
1. if an unpleasant feeling or problem festers, it gets worse because it has not been dealt with:
　 ▪ The dispute can be traced back to resentments which have festered for centuries.

2. if a wound festers, it becomes infected:
　 ▪ festering sores

3. if rubbish or dirty objects fester, they decay and smell bad

verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Disputes between environmentalists and loggers have been festering for decades.
▪ The animal parts were allowed to fester in the hot sun.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A festering inflammation on his foot kept him from joining the Capuchin order.
▪ Deep in the interstices of daily life, no doubt, frustrations gnawed at him and resentments festered.
▪ Gone too are sources of social difficulty, human reminders of festering disagreements and failed love affairs.
▪ It was clear to everyone that it would only aggravate the festering wound.
▪ Our eyes joined across the metres of festering carpet.
▪ The insider-trading case also revisits a long festering controversy.
▪ The school toilet was a festering, diseased shed at the ravine's edge.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  suppurating sore, maturate, suppurate