Infected

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who has an infection.

    "I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of infect form-of, participle, past

    "Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an infection.

    "The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned."

Adjective
  1. 1
    containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
septiccontaminatedactivatedautoluminescentbadcankered

Example

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"The air was infected with photochemical smog."

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