Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to canker
Participle: cankered
Gerund: cankering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | canker |
| you | canker |
| he;she;it | cankers |
| we | canker |
| you | canker |
| they | canker |
Perfect
| I | have cankered |
| you | have cankered |
| he;she;it | has cankered |
| we | have cankered |
| you | have cankered |
| they | have cankered |
Past
| I | cankered |
| you | cankered |
| he;she;it | cankered |
| we | cankered |
| you | cankered |
| they | cankered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cankered |
| you | had cankered |
| he;she;it | had cankered |
| we | had cankered |
| you | had cankered |
| they | had cankered |
Future
| I | will canker |
| you | will canker |
| he;she;it | will canker |
| we | will canker |
| you | will canker |
| they | will canker |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cankered |
| you | will have cankered |
| he;she;it | will have cankered |
| we | will have cankered |
| you | will have cankered |
| they | will have cankered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | canker |
| you | canker |
| he;she;it | canker |
| we | canker |
| you | canker |
| they | canker |
Perfect
| I | have cankered |
| you | have cankered |
| he;she;it | have cankered |
| we | have cankered |
| you | have cankered |
| they | have cankered |
Imperfect
| I | cankered |
| you | cankered |
| he;she;it | cankered |
| we | cankered |
| you | cankered |
| they | cankered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cankered |
| you | had cankered |
| he;she;it | had cankered |
| we | had cankered |
| you | had cankered |
| they | had cankered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would canker |
| you | would canker |
| he;she;it | would canker |
| we | would canker |
| you | would canker |
| they | would canker |
Perfect
| I | would have cankered |
| you | would have cankered |
| he;she;it | would have cankered |
| we | would have cankered |
| you | would have cankered |
| they | would have cankered |
Imperative
| you | canker |
| we | Let's canker |
| you | canker |
Verbs conjugated like 'canker'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'canker'
canter,
hanker,
tanker,
anger,
banner,
banter,
bunker,
cake,
calver,
camber,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or render worse
- adulterate, aggravate, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, impair, infect, pejorate, set back, stain, vitiate, weaken
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English cankren, from the noun (see above).
Sample Sentences
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Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say. [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 43:]
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as with age his body uglier grows,
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So his mind cankers. [1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
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[…] the road, always in bad condition, was edged with dog roses that scratched the paint. Blossom after blossom crept past them, draggled by the ungenial year: some had cankered, others would never unfold: [1972, E. M. Forster, chapter 36, in Maurice, Penguin, page 156:]