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Meaning of 'infectious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Infectious [ a.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'infectious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infectious [ a]
Meaning (1):
- easily spread
Example in sentence:
  • fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders
Meaning (2):
- of or relating to infection
Example in sentence:
  • infectious disease;
  • infectious hospital
3 . infectious [ s]
Meaning (3):
- caused by infection or capable of causing infection
Example in sentence:
  • a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease;
  • viruses and other infective agents

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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