| Main Entry: | fester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intensify; become inflamed |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate |
Antonyms: |
dissipate, get better, heal, lessen |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
Synonyms: |
boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well |
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rot, break up |
Synonyms: |
break down, crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, putresce, spoil, taint, turn |
Antonyms: |
combine, develop, grow, improve |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
Synonyms: |
acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, moil, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work |
| Main Entry: | poison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contaminate, pollute |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, destroy, envenom, fester, harm, infect, injure, kill, make ill, murder, pervert, stain, subvert, taint, undermine, vitiate, warp |
Antonyms: |
purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | rankle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy, irritate |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, anger, bother, chafe, embitter, exasperate, fester, fret, gall, get one's goat, harass, hurt, inflame, irk, mortify, nettle, obsess, pain, pester, plague, rile, torment, vex |
Antonyms: |
delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | rot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, deteriorate |
Synonyms: |
break down, corrupt, crumble, debase, debauch, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, demoralize, deprave, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, fester, go bad, go downhill, go to pot, languish, molder, perish, pervert, putrefy, retrograde, sink, spoil, stain, taint, turn, warp, waste away, wither, worsen |
Antonyms: |
build, flourish, grow |
| Main Entry: | smolder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, simmer |
Synonyms: |
boil, bubble, churn, consume, erupt, explode, ferment, fester, fulminate, fume, seethe, smoke, steam, stir |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | stagnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate by lack of action |
Synonyms: |
constipate, decay, decline, fester, go to seed, hibernate, idle, languish, lie fallow, not move, putrefy, rot, rust, stall, stand, stand still, stifle, stultify, trammel, vegetate |
Antonyms: |
grow, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | ulcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflammatory condition |
Synonyms: |
abscess, boil, canker, fester, lesion, pustule, sore, ulceration |