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cankerous

/kang-ker-uhs/US // ˈkæŋ kər əs //UK // (ˈkæŋkərəs) //

腐烂性,腐烂,口疮性,口疮

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling canker.
    • : causing canker.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indestructive

Examples

  • He determined—in the Paris way—to put an end to his cankerous hope, and to his life—together.

  • His heart was stirred to its depths by the reference to the past trouble which lay like a cankerous sore so deep down in it.

  • Anger and Worry are Parasites Anger and worry are as much parasites as are the cankerous worms that attack plants.

  • But the lovely aromas in that enchanted air did at last seem to dispel, for a moment, the cankerous thing in his soul.

  • The most cankerous conflict of the age might have been spared and the problems resulting therefrom less perplexing.