fester
US: /ˈfɛstɝ/
UK: /fˈɛstɐ/
UK: /fˈɛstɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fester /'festə/
- danh từ
- nhọt mưng mủ
- nhọt mưng mủ
- ngoại động từ
- làm mưng mủ
- làm thối
- nội động từ
- mưng mủ (vết thương)
- rữa ra, thối rữa (xác chết)
- day dứt (sự phiền muộn); trở nên cay độc
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [V]
1 (of a wound or cut) to become badly infected: festering sores / wounds + If you don't take the splinter out, it will fester.
2 (of bad feelings or thoughts) to become much worse because you do not deal with them successfully: Instead of talking the matter over with him, she allowed her resentment to fester in her mind.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 ulcerate, suppurate, run, ooze, putrefy, putresce, necrose, mortify, rot, decay, decompose:
His entire body was covered with festering sores.
2 rankle, smoulder, gall, chafe, inflame:
Bitterness over the way he had been treated festered inside him for years.
Concise English dictionary
festers|festered|festering'festə(r)
noun
+a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
verb
+ripen and generate pus
