How to pronounce infest
American English pronunciation
in-FEST
- IPA
- /ɪnˈfɛst/
- Syllables
- in · FEST (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What infest means
To fill a place in big, unwanted numbers, as pests do
In a sentence: Ants began to infest the kitchen after someone spilled the honey.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning "to attack" or "to bother," from a word for hostile. That word's origin is uncertain.
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