SUFFUSES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

suffuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of suffuse

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

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as in penetrates

to spread throughout a living room suffused with warm sunlight

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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

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Craft cocktails and mocktails are from beverage director Lisa Brown, using ingredients with relevance to Africa and the Caribbean, like a Birds of Paradise cocktail that infuses ginger and hibiscus with East African honey wine.

— Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Fingerling potatoes add heft and body to the chowder, while half-and-half or heavy cream infuses every bite with creamy richness.

— Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026