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| Main Entry: |
canker
[kang-ker]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate |
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bemean, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cut down to size, debase, debauch, declass, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, disbar, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, mudsling, pan, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down, shoot down, sink, slam, take down a peg, take down, tear down, vitiate, weaken |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | fester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intensify; become inflamed |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate |
| Antonyms: | dissipate, get better, heal, lessen |
| Main Entry: | ulcerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ulcerative |
| Synonyms: | cankered, cankerous, helcoid, ulcerated |
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