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fester

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1. fester - Noun

2. fester - Verb

3. Fester - Proper noun

Meaning

To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

To cause to fester or rankle.

A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.

A festering or rankling.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. William Shakespeare

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. Jessamyn West

As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful. Ayelet Waldman

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast. Dennis Potter

Christians can have doubts and they can have questions, and the unhealthy way to deal with that is to keep them inside where they fester and grow and can undermine our faith. The healthy way to deal with it is to talk about it and be honest about it. Lee Strobel

If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we may be quite aware of that, but if we repress our needs, then those unsaid prayers will fester. Madeleine L'Engle

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