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
These bold design choices are imbued with meaning—nothing about Fennell’s take is subtle.
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Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2026
Dishes are subtly crafted and imbued with seasonal local flavours (a personal favourite?
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Washington delivers the dialogue with a thrilling range from purrs to roars, all imbued with an authoritative swagger.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
The remains of the original Griffith Park Zoo are imbued with memories of the past.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Whether rare, ancient, or comforting and familiar enough to appear on your spice rack at home, each herb on this list represents a name imbued with the power and beauty of the earth.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Jan. 2026
Its distinctive suits were here imbued with a relaxed vibe, magnified by tonal combinations and easy yet effective styling choices, like trading classic shirts for flimsy turtlenecks.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
The company’s repertoire also includes Cygnet 77 ($150), an expression imbued with complex woody overtones by aging in Welsh whisky oak barrels for 12 months.
—Nick Scott, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
Trier, whose films are imbued with a humanist approach, took a more measured tone in his response.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2026
Dishes are subtly crafted and imbued with seasonal local flavours (a personal favourite?
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Washington delivers the dialogue with a thrilling range from purrs to roars, all imbued with an authoritative swagger.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
The remains of the original Griffith Park Zoo are imbued with memories of the past.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Whether rare, ancient, or comforting and familiar enough to appear on your spice rack at home, each herb on this list represents a name imbued with the power and beauty of the earth.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Jan. 2026
Its distinctive suits were here imbued with a relaxed vibe, magnified by tonal combinations and easy yet effective styling choices, like trading classic shirts for flimsy turtlenecks.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
The company’s repertoire also includes Cygnet 77 ($150), an expression imbued with complex woody overtones by aging in Welsh whisky oak barrels for 12 months.
—Nick Scott, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
Trier, whose films are imbued with a humanist approach, took a more measured tone in his response.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbued
Verb
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Reid seemed to truly believe, despite the partisanship that suffused the column, that the Senate had been badly damaged.—
Jon Ralston,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy (2003), for instance, worked within the revenge thriller genre but infused it with uniquely Korean themes about shame and family honor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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It’s infused with hydrating ingredients, including mirsalehi honey and argan oil, which work together to replenish moisture in dry, frizzy hair.—
Andrea Navarro,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Imbued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbued. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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