2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. ``A cankered grandam's will.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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cankered — index decadent, marred Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Cankered — Canker Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cankered — can·kered kərd adj affected with canker <a cankered mouth> … Medical dictionary
cankered — cankeredly, adv. cankeredness, n. /kang keuhrd/, adj. 1. morally corrupt. 2. bad tempered. 3. (of plants) a. destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm. b. having a cankerous part; infected with a canker. 4. ulcerated.… … Universalium
cankered — can·kered || kæŋkÉ™(r) adj. corrupted from a moral point of view; decayed, destroyed; ulcerated can·ker || kæŋkÉ™ n. sore; plant disease; rot, decay v. destroy, cause decay; injure … English contemporary dictionary
cankered — adjective infect with a corrupting bitterness. → canker … English new terms dictionary
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ulcerous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ulcerative, gangrenous, cankered; see unhealthy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. ulcerated, cankerous, cankered, festering, sore. ANT.: healthy, healing, clean … English dictionary for students
Canker — Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
