
adjective
Definition: catching, spreading
Antonyms: antiseptic, germless, harmless, incommunicable, non-infectious, uncontagious
A bad attitude is the worst thing that can happen to a group of people. It’s infectious.
— Roger Allan Raby
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| infectious viral nucleic acid, infective, infinite |
Caused by or capable of being communicated by infection.
Contagious; communicable; capable of causing infection.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - smitsom, smittende
Nederlands (Dutch)
besmettelijk, aanstekelijk
Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) infectieux, contagieux, communicatif, qui s'attrape facilement (un accent)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - ansteckend, infektiös
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (παθολ., μτφ.) μολυσματικός, κολλητικός, λοιμώδης, μεταδοτικός
Italiano (Italian)
infetto, contagioso
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - infeccioso, infectante
Русский (Russian)
инфекционный, заразительный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - infeccioso, contagioso
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smitt (o)sam, infektiös, smittande (bildl.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有传染性的, 有感染力的, 易传染的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有傳染性的, 有感染力的, 易傳染的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전염하는, 전염되기 쉬운
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 伝染する, 伝染性の, 人にうつる, 伝わりやすい
idioms:
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) معد, ناقل للمرض
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מידבק (מחלה, צחוק), מנגע
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