Synonyms of infected

infected

verb

past tense of infect

as in poisoned

to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else

If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office.

Related Words

• poisoned
• contaminated
• fouled
• spoiled
• corrupted
• transmitted
• tainted
• gave
• polluted
• communicated
• spread
• transfused
• conveyed
• imparted
• transferred
• stained
• conducted
• defiled
• soiled
• blackened
• sullied
• rotted
• smudged
• mired
• diluted
• adulterated
• dirtied
• befouled
• disseminated
• doctored
• besmirched
• begrimed
• grimed
• diffused
• propagated
• muddied
• watered down
• fouled up
• smirched
• broadcast
• handed down
• handed over
• turned over
• delivered
• handed on
• surrendered

Dissimilar Words

• sterilized
• purified
• contracted
• disinfected
• caught
• cleaned
• sanitized
• came down (with)
• decontaminated
• distilled
• cleared
• cleansed
• purged
• filtered
• clarified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infected

In certain communities, funeral practices included washing the body and sprinkling water on mourners, which risked exposing people to infected bodily fluids. — Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

If you are infected, it's recommended to reinstall Windows just to be safe. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the person was infected with H5N1. — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

The organizations infected by the new bootkit, which is tracked under the name BlackX, had installed all of these patches. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026

Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS BITING CONCERN — Southern state battles largest dengue fever outbreak in decades with hundreds infected. — FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Since October 8, 33 dairy herds infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus have been reported in Washington. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Again, facts aren’t really the point here, and there is no wisdom in debating a quack whose brain has literally been infected by a worm. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026

Last year, a Maryland resident who recently returned from travel to El Salvador was found to be infected with NWS, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson told ABC News at the time. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026