festering

In this respect “I Know This Much Is True” also is a dramatic tapestry of destructive anger issues, festering under a lifetime of repressed resentment and confusion.

Such incidents have resurfaced the Indonesian public’s festering distrust of the police force, said Jacqui Baker, a scholar of Indonesian security and policing at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.

"I think that's always a big festering ground for horror to make statements," she says.

But festering tension between the Gallagher brothers often spilled over into verbal and physical violence.

True to its name, it reeks of festering flesh, roughly the size and appearance of an exploded tire made of weathered beef jerky.