catching
/ˈkatʃɪŋ
/adjective [predicative]
1(Of a disease) infectious: chicken pox is catching until scabs form on all the blisters...
- It brings to mind a contagious catching ailment.
- The patient may be afraid that their partner will think that it is catching.
- The disease is catching and will spread to other trees.
Synonyms
infectious, contagious, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, spreading
dated infective
1.1(Of a person’s emotion or mood) likely to spread to other people: her enthusiasm is catching...
- Habits such as smoking and, indeed, overeating were also found to be catching.