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

Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

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