| contagious | | |
| adj. | 1. contagious | easily diffused or spread as from one person to another.; "a contagious grin" |
| ~ infectious | easily spread.; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders" |
| adj. | 2. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection. |
| ~ infectious | easily spread.; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders" |
| taint | | |
| n. (state) | 1. contamination, taint | the state of being contaminated. |
| ~ impureness, impurity | the condition of being impure. |
| ~ dust contamination | state of being contaminated with dust. |
| v. (contact) | 2. cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.; "sully someone's reputation" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| v. (body) | 3. infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism. |
| ~ superinfect | infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms. |
| ~ smut | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn. |
| ~ contaminate, pollute, foul | make impure.; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
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