as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before
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Recent Examples of imbued
The city itself becomes a character imbued within these characters that have their own complexities and emotional depth.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Perhaps inspired by Dinesen’s age and resilience or by the ancient city around him, it’s imbued throughout with admiration for what is very old, spiked everywhere with skeptical humor that somehow doesn’t diminish that admiration.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Many of Keïta’s images are imbued not only with an air of psychological ambiguity but also with a certain cultural ambiguity.
—Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
That blustery January Saturday was peaceful, but just weeks before came a day imbued with fear.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
But they may also be seen as imbued with violence or anxiety.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
These bold design choices are imbued with meaning—nothing about Fennell’s take is subtle.
—Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2026
Their tools and clothing were imbued with symbolic meanings that reflected their worldview, in which humans and animals are interdependent.
—Genevieve Lemoine, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
Dishes are subtly crafted and imbued with seasonal local flavours (a personal favourite?
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Perhaps inspired by Dinesen’s age and resilience or by the ancient city around him, it’s imbued throughout with admiration for what is very old, spiked everywhere with skeptical humor that somehow doesn’t diminish that admiration.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Many of Keïta’s images are imbued not only with an air of psychological ambiguity but also with a certain cultural ambiguity.
—Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
That blustery January Saturday was peaceful, but just weeks before came a day imbued with fear.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
But they may also be seen as imbued with violence or anxiety.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
These bold design choices are imbued with meaning—nothing about Fennell’s take is subtle.
—Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2026
Their tools and clothing were imbued with symbolic meanings that reflected their worldview, in which humans and animals are interdependent.
—Genevieve Lemoine, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
Dishes are subtly crafted and imbued with seasonal local flavours (a personal favourite?
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbued
Verb
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Reid seemed to truly believe, despite the partisanship that suffused the column, that the Senate had been badly damaged.—
Jon Ralston,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ask to see the box for whatever product is being injected or infused.—
David Fleshler,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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Best of all, every breakfast, lunch, and dinner here is bookended with Moroccan tea, a ground green concoction infused with mint leaves and generously sized sugar cubes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Imbued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbued. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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