Synonyms for cankerous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kang-ker-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæŋ kər əs |
Top 10 synonyms for cankerous Other synonyms for the word cankerous
Définition of cankerous
- As in ulcerous : adj ulcerative
- As in destructive : adj hurtful, disparaging
- 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
Antonyms for cankerous
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