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festered

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  • verbintensify; become inflamed
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Synonyms for festered

verb intensify; become inflamed
  • smolder
  • aggravate
  • blister
  • canker
  • chafe
  • decay
  • gall
  • gather
  • irk
  • maturate
  • putrefy
  • rankle
  • rot
  • suppurate
  • ulcer
  • ulcerate

Antonyms for festered

  • build
  • delight
  • flourish
  • grow
  • improve
  • make happy
  • please
  • dissipate
  • get better
  • heal
  • lessen
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More words related to festered

inflamed

adjective. congested
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.