All fester synonyms
fes·ter
F f verb fester
- smolder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- blister — A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin.
- chafe — If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- canker — A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people.
- gall — (Pizi) 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- irk — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- ulcer — Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- suppurate — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
- rankle — (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- ulcerate — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- embitter — Cause (someone) to feel bitter or resentful.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- gnaw — to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- rile — to irritate or vex.
- fret — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
noun fester
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.