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infected - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | infect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pollute, contaminate |
| Synonyms: | affect, blight, corrupt, defile, disease, influence, poison, spoil, taint, touch, vitiate, spread among, spread to |
| Main Entry: | diseased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhealthy |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, ailing, indisposed, infectious, infirm, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unsound, unwell, unwholesome, infected |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy |
| Main Entry: | impure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not clean mentally, physically; mixed |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, carnal, coarse, common, corrupt, debased, defiled, diluted, dirty, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby*, immodest, immoral, indecent, lewd, nasty, obscene, smutty*, squalid, tainted, unclean, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, wicked, admixed, alloyed, contaminated, desecrated, doctored, infected, not pure, polluted, profaned, sullied, unchaste, vitiated, weighted |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | morbid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy, nasty, sickly |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, ailing, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, irascible, macabre, malignant, melancholy, monstrous, moody, pessimistic, saturnine, sick, somber, sullen, unhealthy, unnatural, unsound, unusual, unwholesome, brooding, horrid, infected |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, healthy, pleased, sound |
| Main Entry: | unwell |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | ailing, bedridden, debilitated, diseased, feeble, feverish, frail, ill, impaired, incurable, infirm, invalid, nauseated, run down, sickly, suffering, under the weather*, unhealthy, weak, broken down, hospitalized, in poor health, infected, laid-up, not feeling well, sick as a dog, under medication |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tainted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled |
| Synonyms: | corrupted, decayed, dirty, diseased, fetid, impaired, impure, putrid, rotten, contaminated, infected, polluted |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, pure |
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed, decaying |
| Synonyms: | bad, corrupt, crumbling, disgusting, fetid, foul, gross, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldy, noisome, noxious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, rotting, sour, spoiled, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, touched, unsound, bad-smelling, corroded, crumbled, decomposed, decomposing, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, infected, moldering, overripe, perished, polluted, purulent, pustular, putrescent, putrified, smelling |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, new, pleasant, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | sick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not healthy, not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, bedridden, confined, debilitated, defective, delicate, diseased, disordered, down, feeble, feverish, frail, funny*, green*, ill, impaired, imperfect, incurable, indisposed, infirm, invalid, lousy, mean, nauseated, peaked, poorly, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, suffering, under the weather*, unhealthy, unwell, weak, wobbly, broken down, declining, hospitalized, in a bad way, in poor health, infected, laid-up, not so hot, qualmish, sick as a dog, tottering, under medication |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well, undiseased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poisoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | suffering from poisoning |
| Synonyms: | diseased, indisposed, sick, infected |
| Main Entry: | inflamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested |
| Synonyms: | bloodshot, burnt, irritated, raw, red, sore, swollen, tender, blistered, chafed, festered, festering, fevered, infected, scalded, septic |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adulterated, rotten |
| Synonyms: | altered, decayed, defiled, distorted, falsified, foul, noxious, putrid, tainted, contaminated, doctored, infected, polluted, putrescent |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sound, wholesome, purified |
| Main Entry: | contaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate, muck up, radioactivate |
| Antonyms: | clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, carry, cause, elate, embolden, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, get*, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up, be responsible for, commove, endue, enkindle, fire up, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, inspirit, start off |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, crash, entrench, foray, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, maraud, meddle, occupy, overrun, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, trespass, violate, burglarize, burst in, descend upon, fall on, go in, make inroads, muscle in, overspread, overswarm, swarm over |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | poison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contaminate, pollute |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, destroy, fester, harm, infect, injure, kill, murder, pervert, stain, subvert, taint, undermine, vitiate, warp, envenom, make ill |
| Antonyms: | purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | pollute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty; corrupt |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, dishonor, foul, infect, mar, poison, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, violate, make filthy |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | taint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, contaminate; ruin |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, cloud, cook, corrupt, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down, break down, cast a slur, crud up, give a bad name, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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