to canker

Examples

• All

• Two other Ascomycetes were cankered.

  Academic text (2010)

• I'll not have our alliance cankered with bitterness.

  Bunker (2023)

• You canker blossom!

  A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

• You canker-blossom!

  Return with Honor (1999)

• Negative thoughts can canker a person's mind and affect their happiness.

• The toxic behavior of some leaders can canker the morale of an entire organization.

Antonyms

H

to heal

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

P

to purify

30 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

Compounds

C

canker sore

• US

4 3.9

A small painful area inside the mouth or on the lip

B

blight canker

• Specialized

8.9

A damaged area on a branch or stem caused by fire blight

C

canker brake

• US

9.9

An evergreen fern with long pointed leaves that grow in dense patches

C

chestnut canker

• Specialized

9.1

A disease that attacks chestnut trees, making sores on the bark and often killing the tree

A

apple canker

• Specialized

7.9

A disease that makes the bark of apple trees die and form sunken areas

S

stem canker

• Specialized

8.8

A disease that makes sunken black spots on potato stems

How Corrupting

to canker

• Archaic

1 9.6

to corrupt

125 4.5

to taint

126 7.3

to spoil

80 2.8

to rot

156 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology