cancerous

cancerous is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads

   "remorse was cancerous within him"

   "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children"

2. adjective. relating to or affected with cancer

   "a cancerous growth"

Common word forms

cancerously, cancerousness

Words from these letters

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