suffuse
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
Origin of suffuse
1Other words for suffuse
Other words from suffuse
- suf·fused·ly [suh-fyoozd-lee, -fyoo-zid-], /səˈfyuzd li, -ˈfyu zɪd-/, adverb
- suf·fu·sion [suh-fyoo-zhuhn], /səˈfyu ʒən/, noun
- suf·fu·sive [suh-fyoo-siv], /səˈfyu sɪv/, adjective
- un·suf·fused, adjective
- un·suf·fu·sive, adjective
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How to use suffuse in a sentence
A tragic dimension is suffused all through “Etta and Ella” — of loss of status, of bearings, of sanity.
Adrienne Kennedy’s new play, ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ is utterly unique | Peter Marks | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostA mathematically precise definition of consciousness could mean that the cosmos is suffused with subjective experience.
Bodies, suffused as they are with anitya, come and go, whereas genes go on and on, catapulted into the future either as offspring or in the bodies of other relatives.
Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree - Issue 94: Evolving | David P. Barash | December 23, 2020 | NautilusWhile Venus is similar to Earth in size, mass, and rocky composition, its surface temperatures reach 900 °F, and its atmosphere is suffused with thick clouds of sulfuric acid billions of times more acidic than any environment on Earth.
At the Beijing Zoo, the team presented six captive giant pandas with piles of hay suffused with the chemicals, or with other substances.
Giant pandas may roll in horse poop to feel warm | Jonathan Lambert | December 7, 2020 | Science News
The knowledge and performance of evil should suffuse one's daily life.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyThe blushes of an instinctive sensibility suffuse their countenances, and petitions for assistance falter on their tongues.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxHe saw her eyes suffuse, and a faint color glow in her cheek.
The Locusts' Years | Mary Helen FeeThe next minute Gedge was looking in wonder at the peculiar rosy glow which suddenly began to suffuse the great mountain.
Fix Bay'nets | George Manville FennAt the recital of a noble action or a beautiful thought, they would suffuse with tears, and his mouth trembled.
Keats | Sidney Colvin
British Dictionary definitions for suffuse
/ (səˈfjuːz) /
(tr; usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something): the evening sky was suffused with red
Origin of suffuse
1Derived forms of suffuse
- suffusion (səˈfjuːʒən), noun
- suffusive, adjective
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