suffused

verb

past tense of suffuse
1
as in imbued
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

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2
as in penetrated
to spread throughout a living room suffused with warm sunlight

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Recent Examples of suffused The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026 Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026 Lyrically, these 10 songs are suffused with a bittersweet feeling of nostalgia for early adulthood, as heard on the album’s title track. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026 His brow is porcelain-smooth and suffused with light, his locks glossy and curled, his nose straight and regular. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 The seductive serenity of the Alps on a sunny day suffused the scene. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 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 That essay, written in 1940 — the same year Native Son was published — is suffused with profound hopelessness for what was indeed to come. — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffused
  1. imbued
  2. penetrated
  3. infused
  4. pervaded
  5. steeped
  6. permeated
  7. filled
  8. flooded
Verb
  • The duo also tapped Bamford Watch Department to help bring the new timepiece imbued in racing heritage to life.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 July 2026
  • That all culminated in a press conference at the FFF headquarters in Paris on Tuesday to announce Zidane’s appointment on a four-year contract, although this was imbued with far more drama than a standard managerial unveiling.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of imbued
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  • OpenAI reported that models being tested on a cybersecurity benchmark found a way out of an isolated environment, obtained internet access and penetrated Hugging Face infrastructure.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • All of these appeared to originate at boundaries between tiles, suggesting hot gas may have penetrated these boundaries.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Definition of penetrated
Verb
  • It’s also infused with ingredients like vitamin E and paracress, which nourish your skin.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • They’re infused with the brand’s low molecular collagen, which helps boost skin elasticity; that’s noteworthy since most collagen molecules are too large to penetrate skin.
    — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 July 2026
Definition of infused
Verb
  • And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • Fear over airstrikes on Iran, which pervaded many conversations with locals during the war, has evaporated.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of pervaded
Verb
  • Grief expertise is attributed to those people that are really deeply steeped and trained in grief, so those might be therapists, those might be thanatologists who study death, and dying, and bereavement.
    — Mikaela Cohen, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • In 15,000 square feet over two stories, the emporium will introduce diners to culinary highlights from throughout Asia, much like how its mall neighbor, Eataly, has steeped diners in the regional specialties of Italy.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
Definition of steeped
Verb
  • Despite being confined to her bed, covered in tubes, tangled in wires, despite being separated by gloves and masks and isolation gowns, our laughter permeated all those barriers.
    — Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026
  • In 2025, anxiety permeated Indianapolis as the All-Star Weekend kicked off a contentious period of CBA negotiations.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of permeated
Verb
  • Tortelloni alla Napoletana features five spools of pasta filled with a rich short rib puree, with fresh sage butter.
    — Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Hundreds of firefighters, relatives and community residents filled a college arena for a funeral service for a Utah fire captain, his wife and three sons who were killed in a flash flood while on a camping trip.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of filled
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  • The main bedroom and balcony overlook a wooden garden; inside, the interiors are flooded with light.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 July 2026
  • The government’s case against Hearn had been flooded with problems.
    — Ryan J. Reilly, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Definition of flooded

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