fester
verbDivide fester into syllables:
fes · ter
How to pronounce fester:
Definition of fester:
- fester (verb):
- to generate pus
- to grow worse and increasingly hostile
Synonyms for fester:
blister
boil
bump
hickey
lump
papule
pimple
pock
pustule
sore
suppurating sore
welt
whelk
zit
Other 2-syllable words like fester
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like fester does.
- festoon
- fetid
- ffion
- fia
- fiat
- fibrous
- fido
- fiesta
- figured
- figures
- fiji
- fillet
- fingers
- finley
- firy
- fischer
- fission
- fistful
- fitter
- fizzes
- fizzy
- flanders
- flannel
- flashback
- fleeted
- flemish
- flicking
- flinty
- flirting
- flitted
- flogged
- floosies
- florist
- fluidly
- flummoxed
- fluorine
- fluted
- flutist
- fluttered
- foaming
- follis
- fondant
- forage
- forces
- forde
- forecast
- foreground
- foreman
- forensic
- foretold
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