Festering Meaning in English

word · lemma: fester

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التعريف

Describing something, often a wound or negative feeling, that is getting worse, producing pus or becoming more intense over time because it hasn't been treated or resolved.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Commonly describes physical wounds, but also negative feelings or problems that are left unresolved ('a festering wound', 'festering resentment'). Often has a negative, intensifying connotation. Used in both literal and figurative contexts.

• Spanish: supurante - enconado - que supura
• Portuguese (BR): supurando - infeccionado - que inflama
• Portuguese (PT): supurante - infeccionado - inflamado
• Chinese (Simplified): 化脓的 - 发炎的 - 恼人的（比喻）
• Chinese (Traditional): 化膿的 - 發炎的 - 惱人的（比喻）
• Hindi: सड़ता हुआ - घाव बनता हुआ - अंदर ही अंदर बढ़ता हुआ (भावनाएँ)
• Arabic: متقيح - متفاقم - متعفن (للمشاعر أو المشاكل)
• Bengali: পচনশীল - ক্ষতবিষাক্ত (আবেগ বা সমস্যা বৃদ্ধিতে)
• Russian: гноящийся - нарастающий (о проблеме или чувстве)
• Japanese: うみが出る - 悪化する（感情や問題）
• Vietnamese: lở loét - âm ỉ (cảm xúc, vấn đề)
• Korean: 곪는 - 악화되는 (감정, 문제)
• Turkish: iltihaplı - büyüyen (duygu veya sorun için)
• Urdu: پھوڑا بننا - بڑھتی ہوئی (جذبات یا مسئلہ)
• Indonesian: bernanah - memburuk (perasaan atau masalah)

جمل نموذجية

The festering wound needed to be cleaned by a doctor.

basic

He felt a festering anger inside him.

basic

A festering problem will not go away on its own.

basic

After weeks of neglect, the cut was now festering and smelled bad.

natural

His festering resentment eventually exploded during the meeting.

natural

We can't let these complaints keep festering—let's deal with them now.

natural