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suffuse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of suffuse

1 to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
  • She was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop.
Synonyms of suffuse

endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep
Words Related to suffuse

animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leaven

implant, instill, plant

impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate

deluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge
Near Antonyms of suffuse

deprive, divest, strip

clear, empty

eliminate, remove, take away
2 to spread throughout
  • a living room suffused with warm sunlight
Synonyms of suffuse

interpenetrate, percolate (into), permeate, pervade, riddle, transfuse
Words Related to suffuse

diffuse (through), impregnate, pass (into), penetrate

fill (up)

drench, imbue, infuse, saturate, soak, steep

flood, glut

Synonym Discussion of suffuse

infuse, suffuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. infuse implies a pouring in of something that gives new life or significance.
    • new members infused enthusiasm into the club
suffuse implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality.
    • a room suffused with light
imbue implies the introduction of a quality that fills and permeates the whole being.
    • imbue students with intellectual curiosity
ingrain, used only in the passive or past participle, suggests the deep implanting of a quality or trait.
    • clung to ingrained habits
inoculate implies an imbuing or implanting with a germinal idea and often suggests stealth or subtlety.
    • an electorate inoculated with dangerous ideas
leaven implies introducing something that enlivens, tempers, or markedly alters the total quality.
    • a serious play leavened with comic moments

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