festering sore

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• sore — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ festering (often figurative), oozing, open, running (esp. BrE, often figurative) ▪ This issue is a festering sore between the two countries. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• festering — Synonyms and related words: abscess, adulteration, algesia, algetic, angry, aposteme, bad, bed sore, befouling, blain, bleb, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, burning, canker, canker sore, cankered, carbuncle, carious, chafed, chancre,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sore — Synonyms and related words: abrasion, abscess, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, ache, aching, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, affecting, afflictive, aggrieved, agonizing, ague, algesia, algetic, anemia, angered, angry,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sore spot — Synonyms and related words: ache, aching, affront, algesia, blow, casus belli, cramp, cut, distress, dolor, exposed nerve, festering, grief, hurt, inflammation, injury, irritation, lesion, nasty blow, nerve ending, offense, pain, pang, passion,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Festering — Fester Fes ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Festered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festering}.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See {Fester}, n.] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• festering — adj. Festering is used with these nouns: ↑sore, ↑wound …   Collocations dictionary

• festering — n. formation of pus adj. full of pus, inflamed fes·ter || festÉ™(r) n. sore, inflamed wound v. be inflamed; produce pus (from a sore); cause pain; decay; eat away at; leave a scar …   English contemporary dictionary

• festering — adjective 1》 (of a wound or sore) become septic. → fester …   English new terms dictionary

• festering —    A ai (as a sore) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• fester — verb [often as adjective festering] 1》 (of a wound or sore) become septic.     ↘(of food or rubbish) become rotten. 2》 (of a negative feeling or a problem) intensify, especially through neglect. 3》 deteriorate physically and mentally in isolated… …   English new terms dictionary

• ran|kle — «RANG kuhl», verb, kled, kling. –v.i. to be sore; cause soreness; continue to give pain: »The blister rankled as he walked. Figurative. The memory of the insult rankled in his mind. –v.t. to cause pain or soreness in or to. ╂[< Old French… …   Useful english dictionary