contagious

/kən'teidʤəs/
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contagious

A child's contagious laugh makes everyone in the room smile.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • (Of a disease) capable of being transmitted by infection: Describes a disease that can spread from one person, animal, or organism to another through direct or indirect contact.
    • Easily diffused or spread from one person to another: Describes emotions, feelings, behaviors, or influences that tend to spread quickly and easily among people.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective (Disease):
    • Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness.
    • The doctor confirmed the virus was contagious and advised isolation.
  • Adjective (Emotion/Influence):
    • Her enthusiasm was contagious and soon the whole team was excited.
    • A contagious sense of panic spread through the crowd.
Advanced Usage
  • "Contagious laughter": Laughter that spreads easily and causes others to laugh.
    • His joke was so funny it started a wave of contagious laughter in the room.
  • "Contagious effect": The spreading influence of an action or event.
    • The success of the new product had a contagious effect on the company's morale.
Variants and Related Words
  • Contagion (noun): The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact; a disease spread in this way; the spreading of an influence, feeling, or idea.
    • The contagion spread rapidly through the village.
    • Fear is a social contagion.
  • Contagiously (adverb): In a manner that spreads easily.
    • She smiled contagiously.
Synonyms
  • Communicable (for diseases): Capable of being transmitted.
  • Infectious (for diseases and emotions): Likely to spread infection; spreading easily.
  • Catching (informal, for diseases and emotions): Likely to be transmitted or spread.
Related Phrases
  • Contagious disease: A disease that is transmitted through contact.
    • Hospitals have special wards for patients with contagious diseases.
  • Contagious yawning: The phenomenon where seeing or hearing someone yawn triggers you to yawn.
    • Contagious yawning is thought to be linked to empathy.
Idioms
  • "Laughter is contagious": A saying that means when one person laughs, it often causes others to laugh too.
    • Remember, laughter is contagious, so try to stay positive around the team.
contagious

A child's contagious laugh makes everyone in the room smile.

Adjective
  1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
  2. easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
    • a contagious grin

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