The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cankerous
Cankerous \Can"ker*ous\, a.
Affecting like a canker. ``Canrerous shackles.''
--Thomson.
Misdeem it not a cankerous change.
--Wordsworth.
Wiktionary
cankerous
a. 1 Infected with canker; ulcerous 2 Causing canker; ulcerating
WordNet
Usage examples of "cankerous".
But the lovely aromas in that enchanted air did at last seem to dispel, for a moment, the cankerous thing in his soul.