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
I admire the trickery of his work, the cankerous skin, which is nice and grungy.
From New York Times
After the game, outside his locker room, I asked Gruden if he was surprised by this cankerous atmosphere.
From Washington Post
The most cankerous conflict of the age might have been spared and the problems resulting therefrom less perplexing.
From Project Gutenberg
No torture from his hand Nor any machination in the world Shall force mine utterance ere he loose, himself, These cankerous fetters from me.
From Project Gutenberg
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