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What is the adjective for festered?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb fester which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

festerous
  1. (rare) That is characteristic of, or prone to festering.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Their tongues are scaly and festerous from constantly uttering foul untruths.”
      “Poster General Burleson has succeeded in penalizing the press by extorting a festerous rate of postage.”
      “Beside her squirmed a naked infant whose arms and legs were festerous with running sores.”
festered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fester
  2. Synonyms:
      3. maturated, apostemated, rankled, suppurated, oozed, ran, run, discharged, ulcerated, wept, weeped, became septic, become septic, secreted pus, formed pus, came to a head, come to a head, became infected, become infected, became inflamed, become inflamed, gathered, mattered, putrefied, discharged pus, swelled up, swollen up, decayed, rotted, decomposed, spoiled, spoilt, perished, corrupted, disintegrated, moldered, moulded, molded, mouldered, fouled, crumbled, deteriorated, mortified, degraded, tainted, degenerated, corroded, necrotized … more
festering
  1. present participle of fester
  2. Synonyms:
      3. maturating, apostemating, rankling, suppurating, oozing, running, discharging, ulcerating, weeping, becoming septic, secreting pus, forming pus, coming to a head, becoming infected, becoming inflamed, gathering, mattering, putrefying, discharging pus, swelling up, decaying, rotting, decomposing, spoiling, perishing, corrupting, disintegrating, moldering, moulding, molding, mouldering, fouling, crumbling, deteriorating, mortifying, degrading, tainting, degenerating, corroding, necrotizing, breaking down, going bad, going off, breaking up, turning, sphacelating, withering, mildewing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The cobbles were littered with festering garbage.”
      “He boiled a bucketful of hot water and washed his festering sores clean.”
      “The winds from slumber rise, and cast the burning fragments to the skies. Thus spreads the festering venom through the ship.”
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