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What is the adjective for infestations?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb infest which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

infestive
  1. Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. troublesome, bothersome, trying, annoying, vexatious, irksome, irritating, hard, aggravating, taxing, tough, distressing, awkward, tricky, disturbing, vexing, problematic, exasperating, demanding, upsetting, thorny, arduous, troubling, worrying, wearisome, burdensome, maddening, unsettling, worrisome, tiresome, perturbing, laborious, disquieting, inconvenient, rough, heavy, discomforting, oppressive, infuriating, harassing, nasty, discomposing, uphill, pesky, painful, nagging, alarming, troublous, concerning, pestiferous … more
infest
  1. (obsolete) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
infested
  1. simple past tense and past participle of infest
  2. Synonyms:
      3. permeated, overspread, pervaded, filled, swarmed, plagued, infiltrated, invaded, overran, overrun, overwhelmed, inundated, beset, pestered, thronged, crowded, flocked, packed, riddled, teemed, harried, spread through, swarmed over, ran riot over, run riot over, took over, taken over, abounded in, crawled all over, spread over, imbued, surged over, spread like wildfire, spread like wildfire over, overflowed, suffused, saturated, swamped, penetrated, interpenetrated, charged, choked, perfused, flooded, deluged, transfused, overswarmed, infected, informed, parasitized … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The old, abandoned house was infested with rats, scurrying through every corner.”
      “The abandoned house was infested with rats, fleas, and cockroaches, making it uninhabitable.”
      “The bustling city streets were infested with tourists, creating a vibrant and lively atmosphere.”
infesting
  1. present participle of infest
  2. Synonyms:
      3. permeating, overspreading, pervading, filling, swarming, plaguing, infiltrating, invading, overrunning, overwhelming, inundating, besetting, pestering, thronging, crowding, flocking, packing, riddling, teeming, harrying, spreading through, swarming over, running riot over, taking over, abounding in, crawling all over, suffusing, imbuing, saturating, interpenetrating, charging, transfusing, informing, corrupting, running through, filtering through, spoiling, percolating into, diffusing, infusing, penetrating, steeping, impregnating, percolating, diffusing through, perfusing, spreading throughout, passing through, extending throughout, percolating through … more
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