Contagious
Contagious adjective - Capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another.
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Evil and contagious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Contagious".
Evil
Evil adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Contagious and evil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contagious" instead an adjective "Evil".
Nearby Word: evilly
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- The evil William and his thugs modify Carrie Benson so that her Trouble becomes contagious, resulting in several townspeople getting injured or killed in their dreams.
Source: Your Mind Makes It Real -
Sometimes lampshaded at a villain's death with "If only he'd used his powers for good, instead of for evil." The example is contagious; even if The Government gets a hold of secondhand ultratech, they just use it for ill-conceived attempts to either conquer other nations or abuse their citizens.
Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check -
Contagious A.I.: The intelligent software that tried to hijack both Cardassian and Borg computer networks in the backstory of Lesser Evil.
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