Word Meaning

infectious definition and meaning

a. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.
a. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.
a. Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.
a. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.

Crossword clues for infectious

- Easily passed on