/ Dictionary / Index C cankered: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: can•kered Pronunciation: (kang'kurd), [key] — adj. morally corrupt. bad-tempered. (of plants) destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm. having a cankerous part; infected with a canker. ulcerated. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: cankered (Thesaurus) canker cankerous Related Content Daily Word Quiz: penurious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language