All infestation synonyms

noun infestation

• disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
• mildew — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
• decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
• scourge — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
• canker — A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people.
• pest — a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest)
• affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
• fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
• invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
• contagion — Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
• pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
• infection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
• outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
• influenza — Pathology. an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration. Compare flu.
• curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
• pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
• dump — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
• withering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
• bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
• sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
• contamination — the act or process of contaminating or the state of being contaminated
• woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
• rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
• corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
• pollution — the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
• ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
• rash — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
• hydra — A minute freshwater coelenterate with a stalklike tubular body and a ring of tentacles around the mouth.
• plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
• swarm — a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
• influx — act of flowing in.
• infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
• incursion — a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
• epidemic — A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
• eyesore — A thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a landscape.
• evil — Profoundly immoral and malevolent.