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cankered

The correct spelling is cankered.

How to pronounce cankered

adjective

Say it like: Can-ker-ed

The correct spelling is cankered. Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part

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Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part
  2. 2.Ulcerated
  3. 3.Corrupted; morally corrupt
  4. 4.Bad-tempered

verb

  1. 1.To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
  2. 2.To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
  3. 3.To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
  4. 4.To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

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