cankerous

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   having an ulcer or canker

   Synonymsulceratedulcerous

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about cankerous

What does cankerous mean?

cankerous means "having an ulcer or canker".

How many syllables are in cankerous?

cankerous has 3 syllables: can-ke-rous. The stress falls on "can".

What is another word for cankerous?

Close synonyms include ulcerated, ulcerous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cankerous a common word?

cankerous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.