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Showing words for INFEST using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Infest

feints, festin, fients, finest, infest

5 Letter Words for Infest

entsi, feint, feist, fenis, fents, fetis, fient, fiest, fines, inset, neifs, neist, niefs, nifes, senit, senti, sient, snift, snite, stein, stife, stine, tiens, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Infest

efts, feis, feni, fens, fent, fest, fets, fies, fine, fins, fise, fist, fits, inst, isnt, nefs, neif, nest, neti, nets, nief, nies, nife, nist, nits, seif, seit, sent, sien, sife, sift, sine, site, snit, sten, stie, tefs, tens, tien, ties, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Infest

efs, eft, ens, est, fei, fen, fes, fet, fie, fin, fit, ife, ifs, inf, ins, int, ise, isn, ist, its, nef, nei, net, nie, nis, nit, sei, sen, set, sie, sif, sin, sit, tef, ten, tes, tie, tin, tis, tsi

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

Words that may be confused with Infest

infect, infest, invest

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