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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cankered
  1. poisoned
  2. degraded
  3. corrupted
  4. weakened
  5. deteriorated
  6. damaged
  7. perverted
  8. depraved
Verb
  • 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
  • Veterinarians determined that the snake's venom poisoned Samba, prompting them to give her antivenin.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of poisoned
Verb
  • The invasion has raised European willingness to spend more on defense, and the fighting has badly degraded Russia’s armed forces.
    — JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Russia’s subsequent full-scale invasion has largely degraded into a battlefield stalemate, with Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces vying for the upper hand, though the two sides have recently intensified their aerial attacks on one another.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of degraded
Verb
  • Scott the aesthete, the creator of indelible images and ethereal moods who was unafraid to linger in beauty, even when that beauty was corrupted.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, the notion of utopia became increasingly associated with the sci-fi genre, while the idea of creating a perfect social order here on earth was corrupted by totalitarian regimes.
    — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrupted
Verb
  • Today, the yen has weakened 57% from a low of about 103 in January 2021 to a high of 163 in July, before a rare joint intervention from both Washington and Tokyo strengthened the currency to its current levels of about 160.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Sprout Social's 2026 Influencer Marketing Report found that recommendation feeds have weakened the link between follower count and reach.
    — Zoe Huang, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • But several of them moving in the same direction tell me that the quality of the rally has deteriorated.
    — Thomas Hartmann, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As the stalemate between the city and Angels owner Arte Moreno grew more entrenched, the condition of Angel Stadium deteriorated.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of deteriorated
Verb
  • At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction.
    — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Don Curry Nature Trail — named for the Troop 326 scoutmaster and Fort Worth attorney — replaced an older trail that had been damaged by erosion.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • 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
  • Georgia Bernstein’s unsettling directorial debut focuses on how warped and perverted those desires become when they’re taken to their insatiable extremes.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of perverted
Verb
  • Online court records show he is charged with first-degree murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of depraved
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“Cankered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cankered. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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