Cankering

Synonyms for "cankering" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

blight corrode corrupt debase decay

Strong matches (7)

Noun(7 words)

deteriorate disease gangrenous gnawing harmful infect infection

Related words (11)

Noun(11 words)

lesion nagging necrosis necrotic pernicious persistent putrid rot ruinous taint ulcerous

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More general

14 entries

cause corrupt damage degradedescriptive descriptordescriptive pathology termdevelop diseaseemotional descriptormoral descriptive termpathologyplant pathologypsychological descriptorundergo change

More specific

20 entries

bacterial cankercorruptionemotional distressethical decayfungal cankergangrenousinstitutional decaylingering worryminor cankeringmoral corruptionmoral rotnagging doubtnecroticpersistent fearplant cankeringputrid

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Collocations

16 entries

bark cankercanker diseasecanker lesionscankering corruptioncankering decaycankering diseasecankering effectcankering fearcankering influencecankering pathogencankering processcankering rumorcankering woundfungal cankerpersistent cankerplant canker

Inflections

5 entries

cankered cankerings cankersmore cankeringmost cankering

Derivations

4 entries

canker cankered cankerous cankerousness

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