suppurating sore

1. 1.

   a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

   Synonymsfester

   Broadersore

Questions about suppurating sore

What does suppurating sore mean?

suppurating sore means "a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus".

What is another word for suppurating sore?

Close synonyms include fester. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suppurating sore a common word?

suppurating sore is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.