suffused

verb

Definition of suffusednext
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 Synonyms for suffused
  1. imbued
  2. penetrated
  3. infused
  4. permeated
  5. flooded
  6. filled
  7. invested
  8. inoculated
Verb
  • Losing a child to suicide confers an unwelcome identity, but like all unwelcome identities, it can be imbued with grace.
    Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The dial's sky-blue portion is imbued with a luminescent coating, ensuring that time remains discernible even in the most challenging lighting conditions.
    Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of imbued
Verb
  • It can usually only be penetrated by certain molecules or by a needle that runs the risk of damaging the entire cell.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Hezbollah is reeling from Nasrallah's killing in his deep bunker in a command headquarters, shocked at how successfully Israel penetrated the group, seven sources said.
    Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of penetrated
Verb
  • Last year’s Commandments release was a weird one, finished in casks previously filled with frankincense and myrrh-infused spirit along with mead barrels.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Christine grew up infused with her mother’s conversations about Sisley.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of infused
Verb
  • Think the Gucci horse bit loafer that has permeated the past decade or the checkerboard Vans that Sean Penn’s Jeff Spicoli wore in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
    Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Fake news permeated both political campaigns.
    Fabio Mattioli, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2017
Definition of permeated
Verb
  • In their last moments on the phone last Friday, Alonso described the moment panic set in for Andrade as water flooded the streets.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Since the last war between Hezbollah and Israel, in 2006, the group flooded once-impoverished Shia communities across Lebanon with investment.
    Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of flooded
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  • Recently, a friend who works at a major research company told me that many focus groups, particularly those conducted by low-quality agencies, are filled with professional participants who attend a toothpaste focus group in the morning and an instant soup group in the afternoon.
    Juan Isaza, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • While dozens of schools are under-filled, just as many are too crowded.
    Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of filled
Verb
  • The company acknowledges the risks associated with its business, including the potential for complete loss of capital invested or borrowed.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Beijing has invested heavily in developing homegrown commercial planes, and engines that one day may replace the foreign versions that currently power COMAC’s jets.
    Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of invested
Verb
  • Safeguarded against predators, inoculated against disease.
    Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Then, people had to undergo a series of vaccinations spaced weeks apart to be fully inoculated.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of inoculated
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