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Showing words for FESTERING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Festering

festering

8 Letter Words for Festering

energist, feerings, feigners, ferniest, freeings, gentries, infester, ingester, integers, reefings, reesting, reinfest, steering, streigne

7 Letter Words for Festering

enfires, entires, entries, feering, feerins, feesing, feigner, feinter, fengite, fenster, festine, festing, figeter, fineers, fingers, freeing, fringes, generis, gentier, gerents, giterne, greisen, integer, nerites, reefing, refeign, refines, regents, resting, retines, retinge, serting, setiger, snifter, stinger, teering, treeing, trenise, trienes

6 Letter Words for Festering

egrets, enfire, engirt, enserf, enters, entier, enties, entire, ernest, eserin, estrif, estrin, feeing, feerin, feigns, feints, fenite, fenter, ferest, ferine, fester, festin, feting, fetise, fients, fieres, fierte, figent, fineer, finers, finest, finger, fister, freest, freets, fregit, freits, fresne, friese, friges, fringe, frisee, frites, genets, genies, genres, gentes, gerent, gernes, gesten, gester, ginete, greens, greets, greins, griefs, grifts, inerts, infere, infers, infest, ingest, inseer, insert, inters, nereis, nerite, nester, nigers, niters, refine, refits, regent, regest, regift, reigns, renies, renigs, rentes, resent, resift, resign, resing, resite, reties, retine, rifest, seeing, seiner, seiren, seiten, serein, serine, sering, setier, sieger, sifter, signee, signer, signet, singer, sinter, sirene, sterin, stinge, streen, strene, streng, strife, strine, string, teeing, tenges, tenser, terfes, ternes, tigers, tinger, tinges, treens, triene, triens, trines

5 Letter Words for Festering

egers, egest, egret, eigne, enets, enter, entre, entsi, ering, ernes, ester, estre, etens, feers, feest, feign, feint, feist, fenis, fents, ferie, ferns, fetes, fetis, fient, fiere, fiest, finer, fines, fires, firns, first, fnese, freen, frees, freet, freit, frets, fries, frigs, frist, frits, geest, geist, geits, genes, genet, genie, genit, genre, gents, geres, gerne, geste, gifts, girns, girse, girts, gites, green, grees, greet, grein, greit, grens, grese, grete, grief, grift, grins, grint, grist, grits, ifree, inert, infer, inger, insee, inset, instr, inter, irene, isere, iters, neger, neifs, neist, nerts, neter, netes, niefs, nifes, niger, niter, reefs, reens, reest, refit, reges, reget, regie, regin, reifs, reign, reins, reist, reneg, renet, renig, rente, rents, reset, resin, resit, retes, retie, retin, rifte, rifts, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, risen, rites, segni, seige, seine, sengi, senit, sente, senti, serge, sergt, serif, serin, sfree, siege, sient, singe, siren, sneer, snift, snirt, snite, steen, steer, stein, steng, stere, steri, stern, stife, stine, sting, stire, strig, teens, teers, teise, tenes, tenge, tense, terfe, terfs, terne, terns, terse, tiens, tiers, tiger, tiges, tines, tinge, tings, tires, treen, trees, treif, tries, trigs, trine, trins, tsere, tsine

4 Letter Words for Festering

efts, eger, eine, eire, enes, engr, engs, ense, entr, eres, ergs, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, erse, erst, esne, eten, feer, fees, feet, fegs, feis, feni, fens, fent, fern, fers, fest, fete, fets, fier, fies, figs, fine, fins, fire, firn, firs, fise, fist, fits, free, fren, fret, frig, fris, frit, geer, gees, geet, gein, geir, geit, gene, gens, gent, gere, gers, gest, gets, gien, gies, gift, gins, gire, girn, girt, gise, gist, gite, gits, gree, gren, gret, grin, gris, grit, inst, intr, ires, isnt, iter, neer, neet, nefs, negs, neif, nese, nest, nete, neti, nets, nief, nies, nife, nist, nits, reef, reen, rees, reet, refs, reft, regs, regt, reif, rein, reit, rent, rest, rete, rets, rgen, ries, rife, rifs, rift, rigs, rine, ring, rins, rise, rist, rite, rits, seen, seer, seif, seir, seit, sene, sent, sere, serf, serg, sert, sien, sier, sife, sift, sign, sine, sing, sire, site, snee, snig, snit, steg, sten, ster, stge, stie, stir, stre, teen, teer, tees, tefs, tegs, tene, teng, tens, terf, tern, tien, tier, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tire, tree, tres, trie, trig, trin

3 Letter Words for Festering

eeg, een, eer, efs, eft, eir, ene, eng, ens, ere, erf, erg, ern, ers, ert, ese, esr, est, fee, fei, fen, fer, fes, fet, fgn, fie, fig, fin, fir, fit, frg, fri, frs, frt, gee, gen, ger, get, gie, gif, gin, gis, git, gns, grf, grs, gte, ife, ifs, ign, inf, ing, ins, int, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, its, nee, nef, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, ree, ref, reg, rei, res, rfs, rie, rif, rig, rin, rit, rte, rti, see, seg, sei, sen, ser, set, sie, sif, sig, sin, sir, sit, sri, stg, str, tee, tef, teg, ten, ter, tes, tfr, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tis, tng, trf, tri, trs, tsi

Definitions for Festering

[1] to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
[2] to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh.
[3] to putrefy or rot.
[4] to rankle, as a feeling of resentment.
[5] to cause to rankle: Malice festered his spirit.
[6] an ulcer; a rankling sore.
[7] a small, purulent, superficial sore.
[8] to form or cause to form pus
[9] (intr) to become rotten; decay
[10] to become or cause to become bitter, irritated, etc, esp over a long period of time; rankle resentment festered his imagination
[11] (intr) informal to be idle or inactive
[12] a small ulcer or sore containing pus

Words related to Festering

festersmolder, blister, chafe, aggravate, decay, gather, canker, gall, irk, maturate, ulcer, putrefy, suppurate, rot, rankle, ulcerate

Words nearby Festering

festerfesse point, fessenden, fest, festa, festal, fester, festina lente, festinant, festinate, festination, festival

Origin of Festering

1350–1400; (noun) Middle English festir, festre < Anglo-French, Old French festre < Latin fistula fistula (for -l- > -r- cf. chapter); (v.) Middle English festryn, derivative of the noun or < Old French festrir

Other words from Festering

un·fes·tered , adjective
un·fes·ter·ing , adjective

Word origin for Festering

C13: from Old French festre suppurating sore, from Latin: fistula

Synonyms for Festering

smolder, aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate