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festering

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of festering

the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances

  • the ghastly festering of the corpses abandoned on the battlefield
Synonyms of festering

breakdown, corruption, decay, decomposition, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, spoilage
Words Related to festering

crumbling, disintegration, dissolution

curdling, fermentation, moldering, souring
Near Antonyms of festering

growth, maturation, ripening

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