WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
can•kered
(kang′kərd),USA pronunciation adj.
can′kered•ly, adv.
can′kered•ness, n.
- morally corrupt.
- Plant Diseasesbad-tempered.
- (of plants)
- destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm.
- having a cankerous part;
infected with a canker.
- ulcerated.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see canker, -ed3
can′kered•ness, n.