Dictionary Entry
infest
infest is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
- 2transitive verb
To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
- 3verb
invade in great numbers
"the roaches infested our kitchen"
Synonyms
- 4verb
live on or in a host, as of parasites
- 5verb
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
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