suffuse | Definition of suffuse

Synonyms and Antonyms of suffuse

1 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

Synonyms of suffuse

endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep

Words Related to suffuse

animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leaven

implant, instill, plant

impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate

deluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge

Near Antonyms of suffuse

deprive, divest, strip

eliminate, remove, take away

2 to spread throughout

a living room suffused with warm sunlight

Synonyms of suffuse

interpenetrate, percolate (into), permeate, pervade, riddle, transfuse

Words Related to suffuse

diffuse (through), impregnate, pass (into), penetrate

drench, imbue, infuse, saturate, soak, steep