suffuse

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səˈfjuːz/ UK /səˈfjuːz/ See IPA manual

verb adj Freq #173950

Meanings

1

verb
To spread slowly through or over something, especially a colour, light, or feeling.

The entire room was suffused with a warm golden light.
2

verb
To fill someone or something completely with a feeling or quality.

A deep sense of calm suffused her as she walked along the beach.

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1 verb · to spread slowly through or... perfuse

Word family

Forms suffusedsuffusessuffusing

Derived forms suffusatesuffusionsuffusive

Related forms infuse

Etymology

From Latin suffundō.

suffundō Latin

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Describing Qualities

# suffuse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, adj
**IPA (US):** səˈfjuːz
**IPA (UK):** səˈfjuːz
**Frequency rank:** 173950

## Meanings
1. To spread slowly through or over something, especially a colour, light, or feeling.
2. To fill someone or something completely with a feeling or quality.

## Examples
- The entire room was suffused with a warm golden light.
- A deep sense of calm suffused her as she walked along the beach.

## Synonyms
- perfuse

## Derived Forms
- suffusate
- suffusion
- suffusive

## Related Forms
- infuse

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: suffundō

## Etymology
From Latin suffundō.

## AI Etymology
Suffuse is from Latin suffundō. Important recorded forms include suffundō (Latin). Current senses include to spread slowly through or over something, especially a colour, light, or feeling and to fill someone or something completely with a feeling or quality. The wider family includes derived forms such as suffusate, suffusion, and suffusive and related words such as infuse.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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