Synonyms for
Infest
Definition
to inhabit or overrun in numbers large enough to be harmful or unpleasant
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- The ants infested the picnic blanket.
- The old house was infested with termites.
- If you leave food out, it will attract pests that can infest your home.
- The bedbugs infested the hotel room.
- The garden was infested with weeds.
Quotes
'The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit, -- not a fossil earth, but a living earth; compared with whose great central life all animal and vegetable life is merely parasitic. Its throes will heave our exuviae from their graves,' wrote Henry David Thoreau, who liked to infest his readers with the idea that time is but a dream and eternity is now.
I always had a passion for science fiction and horror as a kid. I still remember watching the first 'Alien' and being blown away by it. Also, 'The Thing,' 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' 'The Exorcist,' all that stuff. I was just hooked on it. I loved watching that kind of stuff and letting my imagination infest.
It is now clear that the presence of a conflict is not necessarily an obstacle to progress. Rather conflict can act as a powerful impetus for change and development. It can be an infestation that eats the tree or a pruning that strengthens it.