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

People who have been infected with salmonella may experience diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, usually six hours to six days after swallowing the bacteria, health officials said. — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Congo has been struggling to contain the virus, which has infected more than 9,500 people, killing nearly half of them. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Not every person who is infected with measles will seek care or testing, but severe cases are more visible in the health care system, and tracking them can help set the ratio to understand the full scale. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Wild game — including deer, elk, pronghorn, and bighorn sheep — infected with EHD usually spike a fever within seven days of being bitten. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026

Her heart cells had been infected with parvovirus B19, the virus that more commonly causes Fifth Disease. — Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

The high fevers brought on by listeria can cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women who are infected. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

In 2023, my team and I were assessing the nation’s pandemic influenza plans when the Situation Room notified me that H5N1 influenza had infected a father and killed his daughter in a remote Cambodian village. — Raj Panjabi, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

People infected with the flu can spread the virus beginning about one day before symptoms appear and for roughly five to seven days after becoming sick, according to the CDC. — Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026