English adjective: cancerous | |||
| 1. | cancerous relating to or affected with cancer | ||
| Samples | A cancerous growth. | ||
| Similar | malignant | ||
| Antonyms | benign | ||
| 2. | cancerous like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads | ||
| Samples | Remorse was cancerous within him. Pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children. | ||
| Similar | malign | ||
| Antonyms | benignant, benign | ||