Antonyms for fester

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fes-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛs tər

Definition of fester

Origin : late 14c., from Old French festre "small sore discharging pus," from Latin fistula "pipe, ulcer" (see fistula). The noun is from c.1300. Related: Festered; festering.

verb intensify; become inflamed

Example sentences :

Yet his heart still seemed to fester with the venom of the dagger.
Extract from : « Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I'd not ha' clinched the nail, if I saw it was goin' to fester you!
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

As for the Tartar dead, they were left to fester on the field.
Extract from : « Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) » by Charles Morris

Undercote, or undercoat; fester under the skin (coat is "cutis," skin).
Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford

Like the surgeon's ray on a fester, German light has played on the sore spots.
Extract from : « Our Part in the Great War » by Arthur Gleason

There are words a man has no power or wish to say to a man, yet which must be spoken or they fester in his mind.
Extract from : « A Book o' Nine Tales. » by Arlo Bates

There remained the question of the North-Western boundary to fester into a sore.
Extract from : « The Life of Albert Gallatin » by Henry Adams

Mr. Turner, Mr. Squinch and Mr. Fester looked at one another in turn.
Extract from : « Young Wallingford » by George Randolph Chester

The wounds which he inflicts may hurt, but they do not fester.
Extract from : « Hours in a Library » by Leslie Stephen

The smell of his breath was like a dead thing, left to fester.
Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow

Synonyms for fester

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