CANKERED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

cankered

verb

past tense of canker

as in poisoned

to lower in character, dignity, or quality such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession

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Colonizers call it voluntary emigration, but there is nothing voluntary about fleeing after your home has been bombed, your fields poisoned, your water cut off and your child buried.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Over the course of Exile, one of Loktev’s subjects is poisoned; another receives a five-year prison sentence in absentia.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of poisoned

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Sometimes the caulk around a drain has degraded, allowing mold to grow and offering an inviting way for springtails to enter.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026
The investigation found that the unpermitted excavation degraded sensitive habitats, according to a commission fact sheet.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of degraded

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This may then seem like yet another story about how Trump has wrecked norms and corrupted the rule of law.

— James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
The difference with those films is that all those guys came in corrupted by something or had something mentally going on.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of corrupted

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Economic data for July showed retail sales and urban investment both weakened, adding to pressure on Beijing to step up support for the remainder of the year.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
This view suggests that the sense of shame was collectively weakened by a series of self-interested actors who shattered the social firmament and opened up the gates to chaos.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of weakened

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Continue reading … HARD LEFT PIVOT — Newsom says Electoral College has 'perverted' US politics in fiery interview.

— , FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
More important to Bernstein is what that lust reveals about her characters’ deepest needs, specifically how their need to care and be cared for can be as easily perverted as any other form of desire.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

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