IMBUED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

imbued

verb

past tense of imbue

as in suffused

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before

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Recent Examples of imbued There's an elegant nonchalance to all things Celine, and these sneakers are imbued with that same essence. —

Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 16 June 2026 Dripping with passion and lovingly imbued with film noir tropes, Bound is a pulpy delight. —

Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt are his overwhelmed disciples, imbued with discomfiting powers that could be key to making contact with these otherworldly guests. —

Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026 Barnes once imbued their relationship odysseys with enough levity to keep the party going. —

Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026 Set in a 16th-century annex to Palazzo Borghese, whose verdant gardens are visible from the rooms on the upper floors, Hotel Vilòn was designed by architect Giampiero Panepinto and set designer Paolo Bonfini, who imbued it with a bit of cinematic flair. —

Laura Itzkowitz, Robb Report, 4 June 2026 At the sentence level, its craftsmanship sings; her prose is as lush and imbued with the miraculous as it is lived-in and inviting. —

Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026 They were encouraged to purchase pricey gemstones from him that were supposedly imbued with healing powers. —

Marlow Stern, Variety, 1 June 2026 Major competitor Geotab emphasized AI at its big conference earlier in 2026, while Samsara also claims its dashcams are imbued with AI. —

James Morris, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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The standout is a grand, otherworldly picture, devoid of human and animal life but suffused with strange light, and the majesty and menace of colossal ice in moving water.

— Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
The experiment might sound sentimental, but Chakraborty, the production’s secret weapon, maintains a scientific restraint, albeit one suffused with maternal anguish.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026