cankered

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kangkərd)


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


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