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   Suf·fuse

   /səˈfyo͞oz/

   

   verb

   • 1. gradually spread through or over: "her cheeks were suffused with color"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin suffus- ‘poured into’, from sub- ‘below, from below’ + fundere ‘pour’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. suffusion noun
   • 2. suffusive adjective

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   What does it mean to be suffused with something?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English be suffused with something literary if someone is suffused with a feeling, they are full of that feeling She was suffused with happiness. → suffuse Examples from the Corpus be suffused with something • She looked at the man sitting opposite her, and was suffused with a sense of loss.

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   What is another word for suffuse?

   • Some common synonyms of suffuse are imbue, infuse, ingrain, inoculate, and leaven. While all these words mean "to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout," suffuse implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality. When might imbue be a better fit than suffuse?

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   What does suffusion mean?

   • Suffusion is when something slowly spreads throughout something else, like a feeling or a color. The suffusion of red into your friend's cheeks will show you that she's embarrassed, for example. The noun suffusion is useful for talking about the gradual saturating of some substance or shade.

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   Suffuse means to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light, or to fill with a liquid, color, or light that wells up from below. Learn more about its synonyms, etymology, examples, and word history from Merriam-Webster.

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   Suffuse means to spread through or over something completely, often with a particular quality or emotion. Learn how to use this literary verb with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in Chinese.

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   Suffuse definition: to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.. See examples of SUFFUSE used in a sentence.

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   Suffuse means to spread through or over something completely, often with a feeling or quality. Learn how to use this literary verb with examples from various sources and hear how it is pronounced.

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   5 days ago · Suffuse means to spread or flood through or over something, especially a colour or feeling. Learn more about its word forms, pronunciation, origin, and usage with Collins English Dictionary.

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   The verb suffuse means to spread and fill a space, like the way the smell of wildflowers might suffuse a meadow. Suffuse is a synonym for steep. Like tea whose flavor grows stronger the more it steeps, when you suffuse something it spreads throughout until an area is full, or even overly full.

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   Suffuse means to spread all over or through somebody/something, especially of a colour, light or feeling. See how to use this word in sentences and learn its pronunciation and synonyms.