festering

English

Noun

festering (plural festerings)

1. The condition of something that festers.
   • 1842, Bradshaw’s Journal, volume III, page 89:

     […] discontent would creep in and breed festerings and mortifications in the New Moral World, or else decree its fate more rapidly by effecting its dissolution.

Verb

festering

1. present participle and gerund of fester

Synonyms

• fester (noun)
• festerment

Anagrams

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