cankered
adjEtymology From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed.
1
Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
2
Ulcerated.
3
Figuratively Corrupted; morally corrupt.
4
Figuratively Bad-tempered.
- Derived terms
- cankeredly, cankeredness, uncankered