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Definitions for Infest
[1] to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
[2] to be numerous in, as anything undesirable or troublesome: the cares that infest the day.
[3] Archaic . to harass.
[4] to inhabit or overrun in dangerously or unpleasantly large numbers
[5] (of parasites such as lice) to invade and live on or in (a host)
Words related to Infest
pollute, defile, overwhelm, beset, assail, flock, worry, fill, crowd, pester, ravage, swarm, invade, teem, infect, plague, abound, press, penetrate, crawl
Words nearby Infest
infernal machine, inferno, inferoanterior, infertile, infertility, infest, infestation, infeudation, infibulate, infibulation, infidel
Origin of Infest
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin infestāre to assail, molest, derivative of infestus hostile
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Other words from Infest
in·fest·er , noun
re·in·fest , verb (used with object)
un·in·fest·ed , adjective
in′fes•ta′ tion n.
Word origin for Infest
C15: from Latin infestāre to molest, from infestus hostile
Synonyms for Infest
abound, annoy, assail, beset, crawl, crowd, defile, fill, flock, harass, harry, infect, invade, overspread, overwhelm, pack, penetrate, pester, plague, pollute, press, ravage, swarm, teem, throng, worry