diseased

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UK/dɪˈziːzd/US/dɪˈzizd/

adjective

Affected with or suffering from disease.

“diseased cells”

Similar
disease-riddeninfectinfectedmorbidmorbificmorboseunhealthypathologic
Opposite
cleandiseaselesshealthyundiseaseduninfected
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Meanings

adjectivediseased (comparative more diseased, superlative most diseased)

comparative more diseased · superlative most diseased

  1. Affected with or suffering from disease.

    diseased cells

    4 more examples

    The doctor examined the diseased tissue under a microscope.

    The farmer removed the diseased plants from the field.

    diseased tissue

    diseased plant

    Synonyms: disease-ridden, infect, infected, morbid, morbific, morbose, unhealthy

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of disease

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAffected with or suffering from disease.

Similar
disease-riddeninfectinfectedmorbidmorbificmorboseunhealthy
Opposite
cleandiseaselesshealthyundiseaseduninfected

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecaused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

Similar
morbidpathologicpathologicalunhealthy
Also see
distemperedgreen about the gillsillmeselmorbidpathologicpathologicalqueersickunhealthyunwell

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

* disease + -ed

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek νοσηρός
  • νοσηρός (nosērós)affected with of suffering from disease
Arabic مريض
  • مريضaffected with of suffering from disease
Bulgarian болен, заболял
  • болен (bolen)affected with of suffering from disease
  • заболял (zaboljal)affected with of suffering from disease
Finnish sairas
  • sairasaffected with of suffering from disease
French malade
  • maladeaffected with of suffering from disease
German krank
  • krankaffected with of suffering from disease
Hungarian beteg, megbetegedett
  • betegaffected with of suffering from disease
  • megbetegedettaffected with of suffering from disease
Indonesian sakit, berpenyakit
  • sakitaffected with of suffering from disease
  • berpenyakitaffected with of suffering from disease
Irish aicídeach, galrach
  • aicídeachaffected with of suffering from disease
  • galrachaffected with of suffering from disease
  • galairaffected with of suffering from disease
Latin aeger, aegrōtus
  • aegeraffected with of suffering from disease
  • aegrōtusaffected with of suffering from disease
Māori wheori
  • wheoriaffected with of suffering from disease
Russian больно́й
  • больно́й (bolʹnój)affected with of suffering from disease
Swedish sjuk
  • sjukaffected with of suffering from disease

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with diseased

pleasedeasedcheesed
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Cite this entry
APA

diseased. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diseased

MLA

“diseased.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diseased. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diseased,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diseased.

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