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diseased

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dis·eased  (d-zzd)
adj.
1. Affected with disease.
2. Unsound or disordered.
diseased [dɪˈziːzd]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) having or affected with disease
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.diseased - caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
pathologic, pathological, morbid
unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
diseased
adjective
1. unhealthy, sick, infected, rotten, ailing, tainted, sickly, unwell, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), unsound, unwholesome Clear away dead or diseased plants.
2. sick, evil, twisted, corrupt, vicious, distorted, abnormal, perverted, impaired, warped, unhealthy, unnatural, immoral, deviant, wicked, kinky (slang), depraved, debased, debauched, aberrant, vitiated, pervy (slang), sicko (slang) the product of a diseased and evil mind
Translations
diseased [dɪˈziːzd] ADJ [person, animal, plant] → enfermo; [tissue] → dañado, afectado; [mind] → enfermo, morboso
diseased [dɪˈziːzd] adj
(lit) [tissue, plant, animal] → malade; [heart, kidney] → malade
(fig) [mind, imagination] → malade, dérangé(e)
diseased
adj (lit, fig) → krank; tissue, plant → befallen
diseased [dɪˈziːzd] adj → malato/a
diseased [dɪˈziːzd] adj → malato/a


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I might have believed this importunate insight to be merely a diseased activity of the imagination, but that my prevision of incalculable words and actions proved it to have a fixed relation to the mental process in other minds.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
The people of Chicago saw the government inspectors in Packingtown, and they all took that to mean that they were protected from diseased meat; they did not understand that these hundred and sixty-three inspectors had been appointed at the request of the packers, and that they were paid by the United States government to certify that all the diseased meat was kept in the state.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
First, he called a lot of them to show that there was bad blood betwixt Uncle Silas and the diseased; and they told how they had heard Uncle Silas threaten the diseased, at one time and another, and how it got worse and worse and everybody was talking about it, and how diseased got afraid of his life, and told two or three of them he was certain Uncle Silas would up and kill him some time or another.
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
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