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Synonyms for canker

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kang-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæŋ kər

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Définition of canker

Origin :
  • late Old English cancer "spreading ulcer, cancerous tumor," from Latin cancer "malignant tumor," literally "crab" (see cancer); influenced in Middle English by Old North French cancre "canker, sore, abscess" (Old French chancre, Modern French chancre). The word was the common one for "cancer" until c.1700. Also used since 15c. of caterpillars and insect larvae that eat plant buds and leaves. As a verb from late 14c. Related: Cankered; cankerous. Canker blossom is recorded from 1580s.
  • noun blistered infection
  • verb blight, corrupt
Example sentences :
  • It is very unworthy, I am afraid, but it is a canker that is eating my heart out.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
  • I had rather be a canker in a hedge, than a rose in the grave.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 » by Various
  • The surface of the canker is black and rough and covered with minute black pimples.
  • Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
  • Canker was too much astonished by such directness to make any reply.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • The cheer is renewed by Canker's men, yelling and hat waving at the heels of the herd.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
  • It was a bitter pill to have to go down and consult with Canker, but he did not know what else to do.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
  • Beware of the little beginnings which 'eat as doth a canker.'
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • But the atrophy of responsibility proved the canker at the heart of the Empire.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • This covetousness is like canker, that eats the iron place where it lives.
  • Extract from : « State Trials, Political and Social » by Various
  • No wonder, no wonder, that like a canker it had eaten into his heart.
  • Extract from : « How It All Came Round » by L. T. Meade

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