Synonyms of infecting

infecting

verb

present participle of infect

as in poisoning

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

• poisoning
• corrupting
• contaminating
• fouling
• spoiling
• giving
• transmitting
• communicating
• spreading
• polluting
• tainting
• imparting
• conveying
• defiling
• conducting
• transferring
• transfusing
• dirtying
• sullying
• staining
• smudging
• rotting
• soiling
• befouling
• blackening
• diluting
• muddying
• miring
• doctoring
• adulterating
• besmirching
• propagating
• disseminating
• diffusing
• smirching
• griming
• broadcasting
• fouling up
• begriming
• watering down
• delivering
• handing down
• surrendering
• handing on
• turning over
• handing over

Dissimilar Words

• sterilizing
• contracting
• catching
• purifying
• disinfecting
• cleaning
• sanitizing
• coming down (with)
• clearing
• decontaminating
• purging
• clarifying
• cleansing
• filtering
• distilling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infecting

One consequence is that people suffering from Ebola must often wait at home until a bed becomes available, risking infecting others. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 July 2026

Legionnaires disease comes from live Legionella bacteria infecting a person's lungs. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

There is also evidence, both Moss and Saphire note, that measles kills immune system memory cells when infecting someone without vaccine-induced or natural immunity. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

Hendra virus typically passes from bats to horses before occasionally infecting humans. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

And now, a new surge of toxicity is infecting modern masculinity. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

These bloodborne bacteria can migrate to the heart, infecting and damaging the heart muscle and valves. — Mark Stibich, Verywell Health, 25 June 2026

The procedure, called variolation, involved deliberately infecting a soldier with a small amount of smallpox virus to build immunity. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

Unlike measles outbreaks in Texas, South Carolina and Arizona, the spread in Utah has been tough to contain to one region — infecting undervaccinated communities in nearly every county. — Devi Shastri, Fortune, 20 June 2026