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 and divides as can-ke-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.