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Synonyms for infect
ɪnˈfɛktin·fect
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
infect
The hand may be defiled by a touch of pitch; swine that have been wallowing in the mud are befouled. Contaminate and infect refer to something evil that deeply pervades and permeates, as the human body or mind. Pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage. Tainted meat is repulsive; infected meat contains germs of disease. A soiled garment may be cleansed by washing; a spoiled garment is beyond cleansing or repair. Bright metal is tarnished by exposure; a fair sheet is sullied by a dirty hand. In figurative use, defile may be used merely in the ceremonial sense; "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled," John xviii, 28; contaminate refers to deep spiritual injury. Pollute has also a reference to sacrilege; as, to pollute a sanctuary, an altar, or an ordinance. The innocent are often contaminated by association with the wicked; the vicious are more and more corrupted by their own excesses. We speak of a vitiated taste or style; fraud vitiates a title or a contract.
Synonyms:
befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiateAntonyms:
clean, cleanse, disinfect, hallow, purify, sanctify, washPreposition:
The temple was defiled with blood; defiled by sacrilegious deeds.
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infect
Synonyms:
taint, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, defile
Princeton's WordNet
infectverb
communicate a disease to
"Your children have infected you with this head cold"
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taintAntonyms:
disinfectinfect, taintverb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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cloud, taint, defile, corrupt, sullyAntonyms:
disinfectinfectverb
corrupt with ideas or an ideology
"society was infected by racism"
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taintAntonyms:
disinfectinfectverb
affect in a contagious way
"His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
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taintAntonyms:
disinfect
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List of paraphrases for "infect":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3202 | soil | |
#5621 | cloud | |
#7075 | infected | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12545 | stain | |
#19395 | infect | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#41477 | sully | |
#46613 | taint | |
#48868 | contaminate | |
#49554 | pollute | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#78097 | defile | |
#121624 | vitiate |
How to use infect in a sentence?
There is no evidence that naturally infected cats can shed virus in sufficient quantity either to infect other cats or people, these occasional instances of human to animal transmission of Covid-19 do not in any way detract from the fact that all current evidence shows that the pandemic is driven by human to human transmission.
One way [viruses are] generated is through recombination between two existing coronaviruses, so two viruses infect the same cell and they recombine into a ‘daughter’ virus that would be an entirely new strain.
Bigotry, violence, and division too often live in unseen and unheard places, but have severe consequences on the lives of our fellow Angelenos when they are not confronted and left to infect our public and private lives.
An arriving person would be infectious for several days, and could infect many of the local mosquitoes, within a few weeks you'd likely end up with several infected mosquitoes for each infected visitor.
There are negative social media campaigns, people who have tried to convince populations that the vaccine is used to infect you and the therapeutics are used to finish you off.
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- nakazit, infikovatCzech
- anstecken, infizierenGerman
- infektiEsperanto
- alborotar, contagiar, infectarSpanish
- tartuttaaFinnish
- infecterFrench
- infektarIdo
- 感染Japanese
- infecterenDutch
- infectar, contagiarPortuguese
- qatiyQuechua
- contamina, infectaRomanian
- инфицировать, заражать, заразитьRussian
- smittaSwedish
- näfätönVolapük
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