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View synonyms for cankerous
cankerous
/ ˈkæŋkərəs /
adjective
- having cankers
- infectious; corrupting
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cankerous1
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Example Sentences
He determined—in the Paris way—to put an end to his cankerous hope, and to his life—together.
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His heart was stirred to its depths by the reference to the past trouble which lay like a cankerous sore so deep down in it.
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Anger and Worry are Parasites Anger and worry are as much parasites as are the cankerous worms that attack plants.
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But the lovely aromas in that enchanted air did at last seem to dispel, for a moment, the cankerous thing in his soul.
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The most cankerous conflict of the age might have been spared and the problems resulting therefrom less perplexing.
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