cankered

American  

[kang-kerd] / ˈkæŋ kərd /

adjective

1. morally corrupt.

2. bad-tempered.

3. (of plants)

   1. destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm.

   2. having a cankerous part; infected with a canker.

4. ulcerated.

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Other Word Forms

• cankeredness
  noun
• uncankered
  adjective
• cankeredly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of cankered

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at canker, -ed ³

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cankered

He has suffered for it: his health debilitated by frequent hunger strikes, his knees cankered with sores from long sessions of prayer, according to prison officials.

From Time ● Jul. 28, 2010

Hamlet paused before coming to his point “I wish to discover whether a surgeon, by cutting out the cankered spot, could restore the vital spirit to perfection.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

I saw Thine eyes grown awful, life that looked on death, Clear purity on dark and cankered sin, The immortal on corruption,—not the eyes That erst I knew in life, but dreadfuller, And stranger.

From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Sir Lewis Morris

Most of the Pyrus root deeply, and if the soil is not properly prepared in the first place they are apt to fail and get cankered.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook

Ye think me, my lord, a silly and cankered auld haveril, and that my head is full of prejudices and fancies.

From Graham of Claverhouse by Ian Maclaren

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