gangrenous
gan·gre·nous/ˈɡæŋɡɹɪnəs/adjective
gangrenous is an adjective meaning “Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-A-N-G-R-E-N-O-U-S and has 3 syllables (gan·gre·nous), and it appears about once in every 10 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does gangrenous mean?
adjective
- 1
Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene.
The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gangrenous?
- /ˈɡæŋɡɹɪnəs/
Gangrenous has 3 syllables, split gan·gre·nous in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gangrenous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gangrenous
- more gangrenous comparative
- most gangrenous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gangrenous?
Gangrenous appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does gangrenous come from?
From gangrene + -ous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).