gangrenous

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/ˈɡæŋɡɹɪnəs/

adjective

Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene.

“The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.”

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infectednecroticputrefactiverottingsepticmortifiedunhealthy
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English gangrene →
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Meanings

adjectivegangrenous (comparative more gangrenous, superlative most gangrenous)

comparative more gangrenous · superlative most gangrenous

  1. Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene.

    The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.

    Synonyms: infected, necrotic, putrefactive, rotting, septic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIndicative of or afflicted with gangrene.

Similar
infectednecroticputrefactiverottingseptic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivesuffering from tissue death

Similar
mortifiedunhealthy
Also see
mortified

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishgangrene
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishgangrenous

From gangrene + -ous.

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gangrenous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrenous

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“gangrenous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrenous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangrenous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrenous.

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