INFESTED Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word infested. (close relations)
Definition of INFESTED
Best Alternative Words for INFESTED
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overrun | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • too much production or more than expected verb • invade in great numbers • occupy in large numbers or live on a host • flow or run over (a limit or brim) • seize the position of and defeat • run beyond or past | ||||||||
crawling | verbv | |||||||
noun • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | ||||||||
ravaged | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | ||||||||
teeming | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • abundantly filled with especially living things | ||||||||
invaded | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation • to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate • occupy in large numbers or live on a host • penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way | ||||||||
overpopulated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
verb • cause to have too great a population | ||||||||
overwhelmed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
verb • overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli • charge someone with too many tasks • cover completely or make imperceptible • overcome by superior force | ||||||||
pervaded | verbv | |||||||
verb • spread or diffuse through | ||||||||
plagued | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a swarm of insects that attack plants • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) • an annoyance verb • cause to suffer a blight • annoy continually or chronically | ||||||||
swarming | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a moving crowd • a group of many things in the air or on the ground verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers | ||||||||
invade | verbv | |||||||
verb • march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation • to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate • occupy in large numbers or live on a host • penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way | ||||||||
plague | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a swarm of insects that attack plants • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) • an annoyance verb • cause to suffer a blight • annoy continually or chronically |