infect
adjective
1. (obsolete) Infected.
verb
1. communicate a disease to
- Your children have infected you with this head cold
Definition categories: body, give
2. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Similar word(s): taint
Definition categories: body, contaminate, foul, pollute
3. corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- society was infected by racism
Definition categories: social, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate
4. affect in a contagious way
- His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room
Definition categories: cognition, affect, impress, move, strike
Sentences with infect as a verb:
- Her passion for dancing has infected me.