"Fester like a sore" is a metaphor that describes a situation or emotion that worsens over time if not addressed. Just as an untreated sore can become infected and increasingly painful, unresolved feelings, conflicts, or issues can grow more intense and damaging. This phrase often suggests the importance of confronting problems before they escalate.
This is a literal phrase, referring to the exudation of serous fluid from a lesion.
The word fester has two syllables like so: Fes-ter.
to cause persistent irritation or resentmentto become sore or inflamed ;festersentence: The old man was fester.
Ashley Fester goes by Little One, Fester, and Fez.
When I got pregnant I had sore nipples but no flu like symptoms. Now I have the flu/cold and my nipples are sore (im not pregnant).
the five similes of harlem dream are dry up lie a raisin inthe sun,fester like a sore-and the run,stink like rotten meat,crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet,sags like a heavy load
Puncture wounds are most likely to fester. Has last week's laceration begun to fester for you?
you can't dissolve it
"A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
Uncle Fester was created in 1938.
Fester is a verb. It describes an action.
Fester, idle, and hibernate are words. Those mean stagnate.