Bad
Bad adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: sitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes
Contagious and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contagious" instead an adjective "Bad".
Contagious
Contagious adjective - Capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another.
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Synonyms for Contagious
Bad and contagious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Contagious".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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It's occasionally contagious: when working with the X-Men, he caused Beast to spout off some bad puns.
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Glowing spiders, instant mutations, contagious mutations... Cozy Catastrophe: Downplayed, but it's made evident over time that while life is far from rosy after the nuclear war, it's not all bad.
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Zuko's so bad with it that it's contagious.
Source: Didn't Think This Through
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