Cankerous

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  • adjective. Marked by or infected with canker; ulcerous.
  • adjective. Causing canker; ulcerating.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of or resembling canker; corrosive; ulcerous; gangrenous: as, a cankerous sore or eruption.
  • Causing canker; chafing; corroding; ulcerating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Affecting like a canker.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Infected with canker; ulcerous
  • adjective. Causing canker; ulcerating
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having an ulcer or canker
  • Word Usage
    "I suspect the cause of much of all this (if you exclude the cankerous meddlings of that fetid pile of manure called politicians) seems to be the constant drive for change – pushed on by the mistaken belief that to get promoted you have to change things."
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    unhealthy  
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