Definition of Contagious

Contagious

Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.

Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

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Contagious Quotations

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy Graham

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Michel de Montaigne

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
Michelle Obama

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
Jimmy Carter

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.
Eric Hoffer

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
Tom Stoppard

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
Earl Warren

It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.
Peter McWilliams

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
Harriet Ann Jacobs

You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious!
Beverly Sills

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
Charles Caleb Colton

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.
David Seabury

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.
G. Stanley Hall

The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
Omar Bongo

A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.
Dee Dee Myers

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
Maurice Maeterlinck

From watching the news one would think the Iraqis want us out of their country. But an overwhelming majority of Iraqis support our involvement there. Our freedom is contagious and we helped liberate them.
Jim Bunning

Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
Bill Owens

Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop.
Luis Palau

Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.
Munshi Premchand

You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.
Curt Siodmak

Elephants are contagious.
Paul Eluard

The best lesson we can teach our children is to have fun. It's infectious, it's contagious.
Vince Poscente

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.
Robin Morgan

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Contagious Translations

contagious in Dutch is aanstekelijk, verpestend, besmettelijk
contagious in French is contagieux
contagious in German is ansteckend
contagious in Italian is contagioso
contagious in Spanish is contagioso
contagious in Swedish is smittosam

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