fester
fe ster
- n a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
- v ripen and generate pus
her wounds are festering
- Indeed, so is everyone else in this intricate, understated but ultimately devastating account of how secrets, when they are left to fester, can become an illness, dangerous to .
- Koizumi has left Japan's fundamental economic problems to fester.
- When you say we can't "leave Al Qaeda and its allies to fester", I wonder if there's anywhere on earth we won't occupy simply to prevent radical organizations from "festering".