Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of infect
Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
comparative more infected · superlative most infected
- Having an infection.
The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.
plural infecteds
- One who has an infection.
I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick
2017, Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, Patti Frazer Lock, Applied Calculus, page 4271 more example
Some infecteds tried to pick their way through the debris, but shards of brick cut their bare feet.
2019, Marcus Martin, Convulsive: The Complete Series
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecontaining or resulting from disease-causing organisms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch besmet
- besmethaving an infection
Finnish infektoitunut, tartunnan saanut
- infektoitunuthaving an infection
- tartunnan saanuthaving an infection
French infecté
- infectéhaving an infection
German infiziert
- infizierthaving an infection
Hindi संक्रमित
- संक्रमित (saṅkramit)having an infection
Irish galrach
- galrachhaving an infection
Italian infetto
- infettohaving an infection
Romanian infectat
- infectathaving an infection
Russian заражённый, инфици́рованный
- заражённый (zaražónnyj)having an infection
- инфици́рованный (inficírovannyj)having an infection
Spanish infectado, infecto
- infectadohaving an infection
- infectohaving an infection
Ukrainian інфіко́ваний, зара́жений
- інфіко́ваний (infikóvanyj)having an infection
- зара́жений (zaráženyj)having an infection
Cite this entry
infected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infected
“infected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infected. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infected,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infected.
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