What does cankerous mean?
Cankerous means Infected with canker; ulcerous..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Infected with canker; ulcerous..
Hither may come the prisoner, escaping from his dark and narrow cell and cankerous chain, to breathe free air in this enchanted atmosphere.
Use cankerous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cankerous means Infected with canker; ulcerous..
Common synonyms include unhealthy, ulcerous, ulcerated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hither may come the prisoner, escaping from his dark and narrow cell and cankerous chain, to breathe free air in this enchanted atmosphere.
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