Synonyms for fester
ˈfɛs tərfes·ter

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1. fester, suppurating soreverb

   a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

   Synonyms:
   suppurating sore

2. fester, maturate, suppurateverb

   ripen and generate pus

   "her wounds are festering"

   Synonyms:
   age, get on, suppurate, maturate, mature, grow, senesce

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1. festerverb

   Synonyms:
   rankle, corrupt, suppurate, ulcerate

2. festerverb

   Synonyms:
   become malignant, grow virulent

3. festernoun

   Synonyms:
   pustule, sore, abscess, imposthume, gathering

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1. festernoun

   Synonyms:
   sore, pustule, festering, abscess, imposthume, rankling

2. festerverb

   Synonyms:
   suppurate, maturate, ulcerate, rankle

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1. John Ing:

   It's the proverbial dead-cat bounce. After days of worries, the market's in a relief rally on the heels of New York and hopes that we get a respite on everything from China to Greece, but those issues still fester...We're in uncharted waters as far as the Greece exit, and the (Chinese) market collapse is only 30 percent after a 150 percent gain.

2. Brett Schaefer:

   What this reveals is donor exhaustion, part of the issue is that in the past, these crises were of short duration. Now we have semi-permanentrefugee camps. This is the world we are in: We have allowed so many situations to fester.

3. Nate Lance:

   We are equally appalled that the state government continues to let this persecution fester, allowing more Christians to be displaced, imprisoned, and beaten, if the government does not intervene to protect religious minorities, I see no reason why the trend of increased persecution will not continue.

4. Mark Schneider:

   They allowed partisan and personal issues to carry the country over the cliff where the executive is ruling by decree and there is the greatest likelihood of political paralysis and street violence. These issues should have been resolved two years ago and they have been allowed to fester and now we are about to see the explosion.

5. Matt Barreto:

   I think that the turnout is not guaranteed and all of the candidates and the interest groups have a lot of work to do, they don't want the anger to sit there and fester and turn into so much frustration that people don't feel that there is anything they can do.