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suffuses

verb , present tense third-person singular of suffuse

Synonyms and Antonyms of suffuses

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 suffuses

endues (or indues), imbues, inculcates, infuses, ingrains (also engrains), inoculates, invests, steeps

Words Related to suffuses

animates, charges, enlivens, invigorates, leavens

implants, instills, plants

impregnates, permeates, pervades, saturates

deluges, drowns, fills, floods, inundates, overwhelms, submerges

Near Antonyms of suffuses

deprives, divests, strips

clears, empties

eliminates, removes, takes (away)

2 to spread throughout

a living room suffused with warm sunlight

Synonyms of suffuses

interpenetrates, percolates (into), permeates, pervades, riddles, transfuses

Words Related to suffuses

diffuses (through), impregnates, passes (into), penetrates

drenches, imbues, infuses, saturates, soaks, steeps

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