fester

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.

1. To generate pus; suppurate.
2. To form an ulcer.
3. To undergo decay; rot.
4. 1. To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle: bitterness that festered and grew.
   2. To be subject to or exist in a condition of decline: allowed the once beautiful park to fester.

v.tr.
To infect, inflame, or corrupt.

n.
A small festering sore or ulcer; a pustule.

[Middle English festren, from festre, fistula, from Old French, from Latin fistula.]

v

Definition: intensify; become inflamed
Antonyms: dissipate, get better, heal, lessen

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To suppurate superficially.

IN BRIEF: To become painful and inflamed.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. — Jessamyn West.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - blive betændt, gnave, rådne
v. tr. - sætte betændelse i, gøre korrupt
n. - betændt sår, bullenskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
zweer, etteren, verrotten (ook figuurlijk), knagen (figuurlijk!), laten zweren, corrupt maken

Français (French)
v. intr. - suppurer, pourrir, s'envenimer, couver (un ressentiment)
v. tr. - faire couver (un ressentiment)
n. - plaie suppurante, suppuration, ulcération

Deutsch (German)
v. - eitern, schwären, verfaulen
n. - kleine eiternde Stelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κακοφορμίζω
n. - έλκος, κακοφόρμισμα

Italiano (Italian)
suppurare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - infeccionar (Med.)
n. - ferida (f)

Русский (Russian)
гноиться, растравлять

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - supurar, enconarse, ulcerarse, pudrirse
v. tr. - supurar, enconarse
n. - llaga, úlcera

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara sig, gnaga (bildl.), ruttna, orsaka varbildning i, förgifta (bildl.)
n. - varigt sår

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
化脓, 引起痛苦, 溃烂, 恶化, 使化脓, 使痛苦, 使溃烂, 使恶化, 脓疮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 化膿, 引起痛苦, 潰爛, 惡化
v. tr. - 使化膿, 使痛苦, 使潰爛, 使惡化
n. - 膿瘡, 潰爛

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 곪다, 아프다, 쑤시다
v. tr. - (마음을) 아프게 하다, 괴롭히다
n. - 궤양, 고름

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 膿む, 痛む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقيح , يفسد (الاسم) دمل , قرح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נמלא מוגלה, נרקב, הזדהם, הציק ללא-הרף‬
v. tr. - ‮זיהם‬
n. - ‮כיב, פצע חיצון קטן‬

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