Antonyms for cankerous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kang-ker-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæŋ kər əs

Definition of cankerous

As in ulcerous : adj ulcerative
As in destructive : adj hurtful, disparaging

Example sentences :

A block from Riverside drive and two from Fifth Avenue—extending continually, like a cankerous wound.
Extract from : « Crimes of Charity » by Konrad Bercovici

He determined—in the Paris way—to put an end to his cankerous hope, and to his life—together.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 » by Various

Its cankerous breath had not blown upon her soul and blighted it; the worm had not eaten into her heart and hardened it.
Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 » by Various

Like a cankerous malady its venom has touched almost every side of American life.
Extract from : « History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Washington Williams

But when the consciousness of possession became marred by a cankerous doubt, such rumours were very important.
Extract from : « He Knew He Was Right » by Anthony Trollope

The most cankerous conflict of the age might have been spared and the problems resulting therefrom less perplexing.
Extract from : « Lincoln, the Politician » by T. Aaron Levy

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.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Anger and Worry are Parasites Anger and worry are as much parasites as are the cankerous worms that attack plants.
Extract from : « Menticulture » by Horace Fletcher

But the lovely aromas in that enchanted air did at last seem to dispel, for a moment, the cankerous thing in his soul.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for cankerous

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