Infect, v. a.
- 1. Taint with disease, affect with contagious matter.
- 2. Pollute, contaminate, vitiate, poison, defile, corrupt.
Infection, n.
- 1. Contagion.
- 2. Contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison, pollution, vitiation, defilement, corruption.
- 3. (Med.) Contagium, virus.
Infectious, a.
- 1. Contagious, pestilential, pestiferous, catching.
- 2. Contaminating, corrupting, vitiating, poisoning, defiling, polluting.
Infecund, a. Unfruitful, infertile, unproductive, unprolific, sterile, barren.
Infecundity, n. Unfruitfulness, barrenness,- unproductiveness, sterility, infertility.
Infelicitous, a.
- 1. Unhappy, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, calamitous.
- 2. Unfavorable, unpropitious, inauspicious.
- 3. Inappropriate, unhappy, ill-chosen, unfitting, in bad taste.
Infelicity, n.
- 1. Unhappiness, wretchedness, misery, misfortune, calamity, ill-luck.
- 2. Unfavorableness, unfortunate state.
- 3. Inappropriateness, unsuitableness, unfitness, awkwardness, bad taste.
Infer, v. a. Deduce, conclude, collect, gather, consider probable.
Inferable, a. [Written also Inferrible.] Deducible, to be inferred or concluded.