Infested Synonyms

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beset
Overrun
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crowded
Filled to such an extent as to be detrimental to the inhabitants:
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overwhelmed
Overrun
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wormy
Infested with or damaged by worms.
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pediculous
Alternative form of pedicular.
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ratty
Dilapidated; shabby.
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overrun
To infest or swarm over, as vermin, or rove over and ravage, as an invading army
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lousy
(Informal) Poor; inferior
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pedicular
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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invaded
To move into.
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swarmed
To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
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plagued
To afflict with a plague
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flooded
To rise, flow, or gush out in or as in a flood
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flocked
(Intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
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thronged
To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
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filled
To discharge the duties of; occupy:
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assailed
To attack violently using words or force.
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pervaded
To be in every part of; to spread through
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packed
To press together; compact firmly:
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harassed
To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
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pressed
To squeeze the juice or other contents from:
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overran
To overflow
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ravaged
Diseased
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defiled
To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt:
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Words Related to Infested

sick
Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops:
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jammed
Of or pertaining to something which is stuck.
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teemed
(Obs.) To produce offspring; bear
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full
Complete in every particular:
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Infested Sentence Examples

  • No injury is done to the infested insects.

  • Many cisterns are infested with Guinea worm (filaria medinensis, Gm.).

  • When they get infested with aphids, do we think about their enemy, the praying mantis?

  • Festus found Judaea infested with robbers and the sicarii, who mingled with the crowds at the feasts and stabbed their enemies with the daggers (sicae) from which their name was derived.

  • A beard and mustache covered the lower part of his face, and a tangle of hair, infested with lice, curled round his head like a cap.

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