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infected

/ˌɪnfˈɛktɪd/adjective3 syllables

Infected means: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.

Synonyms for infected14

adjective, as in containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

septic, abscessed, dirty, pestiferous, contaminative, purulent, pussy, infectious, infective, putrefactive, putrefacient, septicemic, germy, unhealthful

What does infected mean?1

adjective

1

containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms“a septic sore throat”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with infected?23

four syllables

unexpecteddisconnectedunaffectedunprotectedresurrectedundetectedredirected

five syllables

interconnected
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Infected in a sentence

  • People infected with the virus are homicidal, insane.Nuel
  • Gori believes that patient infected others, including doctors and nurses.Hybrid
  • When enough people have been infected and survive, the virus can't find new hosts.Hybrid
  • We need to rinse out the wound, so that it doesn't get infected.DJ_Saidez
  • If one person gets infected on the cruise ship, it's curtains.unknown
  • With warmer, drier conditions, the trees are more likely to become infected with insects.Hybrid
  • Be infected with the evil ways of the world.unknown
  • The computer which you use has been infected.vxern

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