canker
How many syllables in canker?
There are 2 syllables in the word canker.How to pronounce canker:
Synonyms for canker:
abase
bastardize
contaminate
corrupt
damage
debase
debauch
degrade
demean
demoralize
deprave
destroy
deteriorate
dilute
dirty
disgrace
harm
humble
humiliate
hurt
lessen
mar
pervert
poison
pollute
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Antonyms for canker:
added attraction
additional benefit
advantage
asset
benediction
benefaction
benefit
benison
blessing
bonus
boon
bounty
cleanliness
comfort
delight
favor
favour
felicity
fortune
gain
gift
godsend
good
good fortune
good luck
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- tissue
- snafu
- Danna
- creatures
- bankrupt
- caliph
- gospel
- doleance
- graceful
- chillness
- achsa
- refuel
- mata
- beret
- kairos
- deuces
- province
- penguin
- hardly
- Bruges
- Seafra
- Pierrot
- kayak
- kartik
- epoch
- deserved
- Levite
- instant
- Horace
- degree
- decent
- Xavi
- Nasir
- lassi
- forcing
- shallot
- absorb
- foremost
- Avi
- rebirth
- basket
- where'er
- unsaid
- fine art
- droopy
- seclude
- prescient
- yourselves
- sometimes
- keenness
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