infecting

verbpollute, contaminate

Synonyms for infecting

verb pollute, contaminate

Antonyms for infecting

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Latin infectus, past participle of inficere "to spoil, stain," literally "to put in to, dip into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + facere "perform" (see factitious). Related: Infected; infecting.

Example Sentences for infecting

Increasing bitterness was infecting the girl's pain-fraught irony.

Nothing is left but that she prove her sisterhood by dying, and infecting you with typhus.

Indeed, she was a most worldly woman and was infecting us all with her worldliness.

"Then you may interview me," she said gaily, infecting him with the sudden romance of the situation.

After that I was forbidden to communicate with my children, for fear of infecting them.

How are we to prevent them from infecting the minds of our children?

It heats the mouth and throat, infecting and corrupting the saliva.

In the third year the liability of infecting the child is lessened, but present.

Yet, France did succeed in infecting Europe with revolutionary ideas.

The spores when ripe are capable of germinating and infecting other plants.