Suffuse

//səˈfjuːz// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. transitive

    "The entire room was suffused with a golden light."

  2. 2
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across wordnet
  3. 3
    To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid. figuratively, transitive

    "The warmth suffused his cold fingers."

  4. 4
    to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light wordnet
  5. 5
    To pour underneath. transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Suffused; diffuse.

    "This limonite-colored mud is most often very suffuse and only faintly apparent."

Synonyms

All synonyms
diffuseperfuseassimilatebathebespreadbesprinkle

Example

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"The entire room was suffused with a golden light."

Etymology

From Latin suffundō.

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