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What is another word for Cankering?

Pronunciation: [kˈaŋkəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Cankering is often associated with things like rotting or corroding, and can be used to describe the process of something deteriorating over time. However, there are many other words and phrases that can be used as synonyms for cankering, such as gnawing, eroding, corrupting, festering, or decaying. These words all convey a sense of something slowly breaking down or deteriorating, either physically or figuratively. Other possible synonyms might include terms like rot, rust, wear, corrosion, or disintegration - each of which can be used to describe different aspects of the cankering process, whether it be literal or metaphorical in nature.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cankering

To lie physically helpless, a burden and a care to the one person who, at that time, was most out of love with her, was humiliation of the most Cankering variety.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
But he no longer felt that Cankering animosity towards authority.
"Command"
William McFee
But on the fire burns, clear and still; The Cankering sorrow dies; The small wounds heal; the clouds are rent, And through this shattered mortal tent Shine down the eternal skies.
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

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