SUFFUSING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

suffusing

verb

present participle of suffuse

as in infusing

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 penetrating

to spread throughout a living room suffused with warm sunlight

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Recent Examples of suffusing The threat of shattered glass if the bottle breaks, the subsequent odor suffusing all the items in your carryon, liquids seeping dangerously close to electronics—none of it sounds like a good idea. — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026 But Pete took the idea one step further, taking the organization’s iconic symbol — the star — and suffusing it with a deeper meaning. — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Cowin has brought the tradition up to date beginning in the late 1970s by suffusing her work with the look and feel of cinema and television (close-ups, storyboard-style progression), and the centering of women’s experience in the narrative. — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 After suffusing some of this lunar simulant with helium-3, Interlune will use those samples to test its extraction methods. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026 And, yes, suffusing it all is Pelicot’s interesting unreliability—to herself above all. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope. — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026

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But also tell me about infusing the character with some of your sense of humor and comedic timing.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026
Those perfectly pungent elements rip through the savory pastrami perfectly, infusing every bite with a slightly prickly tang.

— Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of infusing

Verb

Related Articles Researchers subsequently examined aerial photographs of the area and began conducting noninvasive magnetic and ground-penetrating radar surveys.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The award, announced Monday, covers Low-Profile Mast systems that use telescoping sensor equipment instead of traditional hull-penetrating periscopes.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of penetrating

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People Are Manipulated, Not Just Systems Phishing and social engineering attacks are launched against potential victims and work by imbuing fear, urgency, greed and curiosity.

— Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The production’s director, José Luis Valenzuela, said imbuing the ancient play with the political tones of current times helped highlight the eternal primacy of the values present in the text without explicitly talking about Latino communities.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of imbuing

Verb

That’s a pretty evocative setting for a film, with the perpetual drone and roar of fighter jets overhead and an air of constricting menace pervading what should otherwise be placidly idle summer hours.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
The pervading myth goes that Henry was knowingly tricked into marrying Anne of Cleves by her falsely beguiling thirst trap of a portrait.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pervading

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Gasoline price movements are more apparent to consumers than those of diesel, since drivers feel them immediately when filling up, economists said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
With tours filling and accommodation being booked, the temptation is to chase the longest possible totality.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of filling

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The central lounge is designed like a cenote, with sunlight flooding in through a huge opening in the dome, which hits different sunbeds throughout the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Eastern Africa can be susceptible to flooding during an El Niño, drowning cereal crops there, while southern Africa is drought-prone.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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