infectious

Speech parts

1. infectious - Adjective

2. infectious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.

Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.

Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.

Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

infective catching contagious transmissible communicable transmittable spreadable taking rotten bubonic widespread evil harmful spreading bacterial
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Antonyms

noninfectious noncommunicable non-infectious safe clean healthy
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Phrases with the word

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases infectious arthritis infectious diarrhea highly infectious disease of cattle infectious disease of cattle infectious disease of wild birds

Examples

Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Ambrose Bierce

Failure on the other hand is infectious. The world is full of charming failures (for all charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others) and unless the writer is quite ruthless with these amiable footlers, they will drag him down with them. Cyril Connolly

The girl is infectious human waste, and she's confused and afraid to commit to the wrong thing and so she won't commit to anything. Chuck Palahniuk

Joy is more infectious than leprosy. Baba Amte

Chieftanship is not infectious. Lamba Proverb

Chieftanship is not infectious. Bantu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

infections of the upper respiratory infections of the upper respiratory tract infections of the urinary system infectious abortion infectious agent infectious arthritis