adjective
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having cankers
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infectious; corrupting
Etymology
Origin of cankerous
Example Sentences
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On the surface, this collaboration with Troye Sivan features nonsensical, distorted lyrics about zooming on a jet ski and heavy on the cankerous noises.
From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2019
I admire the trickery of his work, the cankerous skin, which is nice and grungy.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016
Arriving in Belfast for a "learn-and-listen" visit, British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling heard enough to convince him that the new Tory government had inherited a cankerous problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
The conscience of France may sometimes have seemed quiet, but it has also been deeply troubled by the cankerous, six-year war in Algeria.
From Time Magazine Archive
He invented deranged emotions which you describe as 'guilt' and 'shame' and he showed how they would cause buried memories to erupt in changed form, lead to cankerous misunderstandings, cause unhealthy repressions, and foster frustrations.
From The Short Life by Donovan, Francis
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