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