The knee wound is now festering.
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Festering
Synonyms for "festering" (156 found)
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Related words (78)
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14 entriesabscess formationanger escalationfestering angerfestering disputefestering grievancefestering resentmentfestering rumorlingering disputelongstanding grievancenecrosispurulent lesionpus formationpus-filled woundresentment growth
Collocations
8 entriesfestering angerfestering controversyfestering grievancefestering infectionfestering issuefestering problemfestering resentmentfestering wound
Inflections
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5 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The wound is festering with a bacterial infection.
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In the shadow of sleek new expressways and gleaming high-rise buildings sit wooden shacks with rusting corrugated iron roofs and festering open sewers.
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[…] 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.
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