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  • verb Present participle of fester.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a fluid product of inflammation
  • noun (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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Examples

  • Community and self respect must be returned to the underclass or there will never be enough social workers to prevent this underside of Britain festering.

    Archive 2007-11-18 Newmania 2007

  • Community and self respect must be returned to the underclass or there will never be enough social workers to prevent this underside of Britain festering.

    Are They Men ? Newmania 2007

  • The specter of taking this to the Senate is problematic, largely because it would put Senate Democratic leaders in an awkward position by raising the possibility of a bloody floor fight just as the Dem government is taking power in D.C. And on top of that, having the idea festering out there is probably bad P.R. as they pursue the recount. print share

    Franken Camp Downplays Idea That They Want To Take Battle All The Way To The Senate 2009

  • The shooting, which also left three injured, has prompted police and city officials to adopt new measures to tackle what students describe as a festering gang problem at the school on Evergreen just south of Eight Mile.

    detnews.com - Local 2008

  • The shooting, which also left three injured, has prompted police and city officials to adopt new measures to tackle what students describe as a festering gang problem at the school on Evergreen just south of Eight Mile.

    detnews.com - Local 2008

  • Several experts said campus shootings commonly occur because the shooter has some kind of festering grievance that university officials haven't addressed, and the granting of tenure can be a polarizing and politicized process for many academics.

    Alabama Professor Shot, Killed Brother in 1986 Associated Press 2010

  • Several experts said campus shootings commonly occur because the shooter has some kind of festering grievance that university officials haven't addressed, and the granting of tenure can be a polarizing and politicized process for many academics.

    Alabama Professor Shot, Killed Brother in 1986 Associated Press 2010

  • COOPER: Really, because I mean, this is kind of festering, especially among some Republicans and on a lot of conservative radio and stuff.

    CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2008 2008

  • Besides, wouldn't it be a wonderful world if the kind of festering plebs who sit twiddling on their phones – and would thus presumably rather watch a movie on it than on the big screen – actually stayed at home and did precisely that, thereby meaning the rest of us could enjoy an idiot-free cinema experience?

    Ridley Scott To Direct Angry Russell Crowe Nottingham Flick 2007

  • It was the kind of festering sore better left undisturbed.

    Trunk Music Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1997

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  • My adjectival use: 'You need to treat that festering wound.'

    August 22, 2011