excrescency | Definition of excrescency

Synonyms and Antonyms of excrescency

1 an abnormal mass of tissue

fortunately, the excrescency could be removed with surgery

Synonyms of excrescency

excrescence, growth, lump, neoplasm, tumor

Words Related to excrescency

cancer, carcinoma, lymphoma, malignancy, melanoma, polyp

cyst, tubercle, wart

2 something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing

some feel that the planned skyscraper would be an excrescency on the city's low-rise skyline

Synonyms of excrescency

blemish, blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar

Words Related to excrescency

abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape

bug, glitch, kink

blot, blur, spot, stain, taint

damage, defacement, impairment, injury

failing, weakness

Near Antonyms of excrescency

adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament