infected

Speech parts

1. infected - Adjective

2. infected - Verb

Meaning

of Infect

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

septic dicky pussy influence impure affected affect bad weak ill poorly sick corrupt contaminated foul

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Antonyms

good sound strong active bactericidal fumigation

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Phrases with the word

not infected become infected be infected with cold become infected with a cold not infected cattle be infected with a virus

Examples

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. Kevin Kelly (editor)

All of us are infected today with an extraordinary egoism. And that is not freedom; freedom means learning to demand only of oneself, not of life and others, and knowing how to give: sacrifice in the name of love. Andrei Tarkovsky

Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries. Leon M. Lederman

He who is affected by an insult is infected by it. Jean Cocteau

Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition? Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He who brings firewood infected with maggots in his house should not complain when lizards start visiting him. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

infectability infectable infectant infected abortion infected injury infected meat