Synonyms of suffuses

suffuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of suffuse

1

as in infuses

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 & Similar Words

• infuses
• imbues
• invests
• fills
• inculcates
• inoculates
• floods
• overwhelms
• animates
• enlivens
• pervades
• permeates
• invigorates
• plants
• steeps
• charges
• endues
• leavens
• saturates
• drowns
• ingrains
• instills
• impregnates
• submerges
• inundates
• implants
• deluges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprives
• empties
• strips
• removes
• divests
• clears
• eliminates
• takes (away)

2

as in penetrates

to spread throughout

a living room suffused with warm sunlight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• penetrates
• pervades
• permeates
• interpenetrates
• percolates (into)
• floods
• saturates
• riddles
• transfuses
• passes (into)
• infuses
• imbues
• impregnates
• diffuses (through)
• fills (up)
• soaks
• drenches
• steeps
• gluts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suffuses

But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026

Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026

The soft natural light suffuses the red clay brick room, centered around long communal tables, introducing an intimate ease that invites you to linger. — Anais Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026

Well, that and quantum teleportation, which is the reason that quantum entanglement suffuses this entire field to this day. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026

To this day, kingship suffuses Iranian literature and mythology. — Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026

Fredericksburg, Texas Located in the Texas Hill Country with a population just shy of 12,000, Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 by German immigrants—and that heritage suffuses the town's food, architecture, and culture today. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

The notion that Social Security faces a shortfall suffuses the national conversation about preparing for retirement. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026

An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025