Don't allow anger to grow and fester in your heart.
Source: tatoeba (8277797)
Fester
//ˈfɛstə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "fester" (144 found)
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Related words (72)
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5 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
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1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
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42 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَقَيَّحَ verb (become septic or rotten)
Aromanian
1 entries- prunjedz verb (become septic or rotten)
Bulgarian
2 entries- забирам verb (become septic or rotten)
- загноявам verb (become septic or rotten)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 化膿 /化脓 verb (become septic or rotten)
- 潰爛 /溃烂 verb (become septic or rotten)
Czech
4 entries- doutnat verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
- hnisat verb (become septic or rotten)
- kvasit verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
- kypět verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
Dutch
3 entries- bederven verb (become septic or rotten)
- etteren verb (become septic or rotten)
- verergeren verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
Finnish
2 entries- muhia verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
- mädäntyä verb (become septic or rotten)
French
1 entries- suppurer verb (become septic or rotten)
Galician
1 entries- supurar verb (become septic or rotten)
German
1 entries- eitern verb (become septic or rotten)
Greek
1 entries- αφορμίζω verb (become septic or rotten)
Italian
2 entries- infettarsi verb (become septic or rotten)
- suppurare verb (become septic or rotten)
Japanese
2 entries- 化膿する verb (become septic or rotten)
- 爛れる verb (become septic or rotten)
Latin
1 entries- suppūrō verb (become septic or rotten)
Māori
2 entries- taematuku verb (become septic or rotten)
- tongako verb (become septic or rotten)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ایركلنمك verb (become septic or rotten)
Polish
1 entries- zaognić się verb (become septic or rotten)
Portuguese
1 entries- supurar verb (become septic or rotten)
Romanian
2 entries- puroia verb (become septic or rotten)
- supura verb (become septic or rotten)
Russian
2 entries- гнои́ться verb (become septic or rotten)
- усугубля́ться verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- at verb (become septic or rotten)
Spanish
3 entries- enconarse verb (become septic or rotten)
- enconarse verb (to worsen, especially due to lack of attention)
- inquinarse verb (become septic or rotten)
Tocharian B
1 entries- āmp verb (become septic or rotten)
Turkish
1 entries- cerahatlenmek verb (become septic or rotten)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гноїтися verb (become septic or rotten)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Time only allows the suspicion of injustice to fester.
Source: tatoeba (8277798)
This will create a lovely place for rot to live, fester and raise its ugly head.
Source: tatoeba (8277799)
Such beliefs will be left to fester.
Source: tatoeba (8277800)
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