Crossword-Solution: FESTER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fester | n. | To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. |
| Fester | n. | To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. |
| Fester | v. t. | To cause to fester or rankle. |
| Fester | n. | A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. |
| Fester | n. | A festering or rankling. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FESTER | anagram | FREEST |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with FESTER (5)
The pain of the wound increased, and the whole leg was swollen; the thigh began to fester both above and below the wound, which spread all round, and Grettir thought he was likely to die.
Jack, poor fellow, bears it as well as he can, and has taken the opportunity of having a fester on his foot, so he is lame and has it bathed, and this occupies his thoughts a good deal.’ ‘_Feb._ 19_th_.—As to Mill, Austin has not got the list yet.
Since the whole wide country of Kent was made up of contiguous Bladesovers and for the gentlefolk, the surplus of population, all who were not good tenants nor good labourers, Church of England, submissive and respectful, were necessarily thrust together, jostled out of sight, to fester as they might in this place that had the colours and even the smells of a well-packed dustbin.
Without some outlet, the anger caused by the ever-occurring troubles of life is apt to rankle and fester within.
All the hate and scorn and love of a deep nature such as the shy man is ever cursed by fester and corrupt within, instead of spending themselves abroad, and sour him into a misanthrope and cynic.
Quotes with FESTER (3)
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The heart of a hurt child can shrink so that forever afterward it is hard and pitted as the seed of a peach. Or again, the heart of such a child may fester and swell until it is a misery to carry within the body, easily chafed and hurt by the most ordinary things.
When we allow negative messages to fester in our head, they take on a life of their own.
I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite impossible. Notes stab too softly. The wounds they leave behind may smart, but they don't fester. Melancholy and pain trickle out instead of blood. When the notes cease, all is peaceful within me again.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 48 times in crossword archives (1970–2024).