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Infested

To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

📖 Definitions of "Infested"

verb

1
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
"Insects are infesting my basement!"
2
(of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal.

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
troubled	Anxious, worried, careworn.
overrunverb	(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
plagued	Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
overrunverb	(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
plaguedverb	Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).
troubled	Anxious, worried, careworn.
affectednoun	Influenced or changed by something.
contaminatedverb	made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
fullnoun	Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
infectednoun	Having an infection.
invadedverb	(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
overgrown	Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
swarmingnoun	The motion of a swarm.
rife	Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
besetverb	(transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
teeming	Abundantly filled with especially living things.
crawlingnoun	The motion of something that crawls.
overwhelmed	a single from the Christian rock group Big Daddy Weave.
lousedverb	To remove lice from; to delouse.
choked	Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
saturated	(not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
inundated	flooded
clogged	Having an obstructed flow; blocked.