SUFFUSED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

suffused

verb

past tense of suffuse

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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as in penetrated

to spread throughout a living room suffused with warm sunlight

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Recent Examples of suffused This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026 After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York. — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 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

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The spirituality throughout is imbued with a solemn reverence more Catholic than Baptist.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
The Big Tech platforms in 2022 were all massively profitable but maturing, run by CEOs imbued with the cult of the founder.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of imbued

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The Biden administration designated Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization in 2024 following requests from Republicans who said the group’s members have penetrated the southern border.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
My recent Hartford Courant oped, described how OpenAI agents broke out of their test sandbox and as a coordinated group (swarm) penetrated Hugging Face, a research platform used by AI developers.

— John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026

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Luhansk, this terra incognita of the independent Ukraine, is described in almost carnivalesque terms, but this is a carnival infused with absurdity and even cruelty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
This year, venture capital firms Stripes and Imaginary Ventures infused the brand with $18 million.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of infused

Verb

As usual, that passion for both motorsport and motoring in general pervaded the show lawn, festooned with 218 cars from 14 different nations, all divided into nearly 30 classes.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of pervaded

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The potential double jeopardy argument permeated pretrial court hearings, with prosecutors suggesting the defense was using delay tactics to invoke double jeopardy.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026
That has, from my standpoint, permeated the organization, and that’s what everybody talks about right now.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of permeated

Verb

The grand staircase was covered in 6 inches of ice and the basement was flooded with 4 feet of water.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
While outside spending in support of Paxton has flooded the Texas airwaves with ads, Talarico's campaign itself has outpaced Paxton's in fundraising from donors eager for Texas to forgo its solidly Republican title.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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