cankered
The word “cankered” has 2 syllables: can-kered
It's pronounced as /ˈkæŋkərd/
What is synonym and antonym for cankered?
In the thesaurus, “cankered” has 16 synonyms and 9 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for cankered along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for cankered
- corrupted
- damaged
- debased
- debauched
- degraded
- depraved
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- diluted
- humiliated
- perverted
- poisoned
- polluted
- ruined
- subverted
- weakened
Antonyms for cankered
- amended
- dignified
- elevated
- ennobled
- enriched
- exalted
- honored
- improved
- uplifted
Meanings of cankered
- adjective
- Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
- Ulcerated.
- Corrupted; morally corrupt.
- Bad-tempered.
- verb
- To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
- To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
Example Sentences
- The tree's branches were cankered by a disease that spread quickly.
- His heart was cankered with bitterness after the betrayal.
- The garden's soil was cankered with pests that destroyed the crops.
- She noticed the cankered area on the wall where moisture had caused damage.
- The wound became infected and cankered after days of neglect.
On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cankered, such as: amended, corrupted, damaged, debased, debauched, degraded, depraved.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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abased
- abandoned
- abashed
- affronted
- bad-mouthed
- baneful
- baseborn
- bastard
- bastardized
- befouled
- begrimed
- belittled
- blemished
- boorish
- cankered
- castigated
- censured
- chastened
- cheapened
- clinging
- common
- condemned
- confounded
- confused
- contaminated
- corrupted
- counting on
- cried down
- criticized
- damaged
- damned
- debased
- debauched
- decried
- defaced
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- defenseless
- defiled
- degenerate
- degraded
- deleterious
- demeaned
- demoralized
- denounced
- depraved
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- descended
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- detracted
- diluted
- diminished
- dirtied
- discomfited
- disconcerted
- discounted
- discountenanced
- discredited
- disgraced
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- disparaged
- dissolute
- downgraded
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- evil
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- humble
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- hurt
- ignoble
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- immature
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- junior
- knavish
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- libeled
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- loose
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- mean
- mercenary
- minimized
- minor
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- monstrous
- mortified
- nefarious
- nonaristocratic
- nonplused
- nonplussed
- ordinary
- perverse
- perverted
- plain
- plebeian
- poisoned
- polluted
- poor
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- profligate
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- put down
- rattled
- reliant
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- reprehended
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- ridiculed
- rotten
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- secondary
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- subordinate
- subverted
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- tainted
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- tied to apron strings
- took down
- under
- under thumb
- ungenteel
- unsustaining
- venal
- villainous
- vitiated
- vulnerable
- warped
- watered down
- weakened
- wrecked
- wrote off