fes·ter·ing
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Definition of festering
1
: contaminated by an infective agent (such as a bacterium) and producing pus
a festering wound But if the patient can manage it, the whirlpool is a dandy way to handle festering bedsores.— Paul G. Donohue
2a
: persisting and growing increasingly bitter over time
festering resentment … comedy that comes from a pit of festering hatred …— Robert Brustein
b
: persistently producing bad or unhealthy effects
Four hundred yards to the west, between the schoolhouse and the mountain, lay a festering center of sin, a bootleg whiskey still operated by the celebrated anti-Prohibition guerilla Sam Reever.— Russell Baker
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“Festering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/festering. Accessed 20 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of festering was in 1576
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