cancerous

Etymology

From cancer + -ous, from Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”).

adj

  1. (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
    On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney. 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 368
  2. (figurative) Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
  3. (slang) Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
    I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.

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