Cancerous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cancerous \can"cer*ous\, a. [Cf. F. canc['e]reux]
     Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;
     affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth. "cancerous
     vices" --G. Eliot.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Can"cer*ous*ly}, adv. --
     {Can"cer*ous*ness}, n.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cancerous
       adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth"
       2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was
          cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the
          moral development of our children"