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Definition of infectious:
- Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.
- Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.
- Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.
- Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.
Synonyms:
pathogenic, transmissible, communicable, transmittable, taking, morbific, dangerous, corrupting, septic, move, contractable, contagious, infective, irresistible, catching, contaminating.
- baneful (part of speech: adjective)
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unclean (part of speech: adjective)
- grungy,
- septic,
- filthy,
- fetid,
- scatological,
- defiled,
- muddy,
- foul,
- mucky,
- odious,
- unclean,
- shabby,
- sordid,
- grubby,
- insalubrious,
- icky,
- squalid,
- grimy,
- unhygenic,
- smutty,
- scruffy,
- untidy,
- festering,
- dusty,
- disgusting,
- sloppy,
- putrid,
- dirty,
- unsanitary,
- impure,
- crummy,
- slovenly,
- murky,
- offensive,
- obscene,
- toxic,
- dingy