Cankerous
Cankerous adjective - Having an ulcer or canker.
Pernicious and cankerous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pernicious" instead an adjective "Cankerous".
Pernicious
Pernicious adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Cankerous and pernicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cankerous" instead an adjective "Pernicious".
Nearby Word: perniciously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and cankerous
- offensive and pernicious
- disadvantageous and cankerous
- disadvantageous and pernicious
- evil and cankerous
- evil and pernicious
- vicious and cankerous
- vicious and pernicious
- noxious and cankerous
- noxious and pernicious
- wicked and cankerous
- wicked and pernicious
- hostile and cankerous
- hostile and pernicious
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Pernicious and Cankerous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cankerous/pernicious
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