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Suffusing

To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

📖 Definitions of "Suffusing"

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  1. 1

    To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

    "The entire room was suffused with a golden light."

  2. 2

    To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.

    "The warmth suffused his cold fingers."

  3. 3

    To pour underneath.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Suffusing"

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perfuseverb(transitive) To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
vivifyingverb(transitive) To bring to life; to enliven.
illuminesverbSynonym of illuminate.
limnedverbdescribed or represented in a lifelike manner
scintillatesverb(intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
transfiguringverb(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
vitalizesverbAmerican and Oxford British English standard spelling of vitalise.
infusesverb(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
radiatesverb(transitive) To emit rays or waves.
imbuingverbIn general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
effacesverb(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
shimmersverb(intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
enfoldsverb(transitive) To clasp with the arms; embrace.
eddyingverbThe motion of an eddy.
transmutesverb(ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
exudingverbThe process by which something exudes.
pervadingverbspread throughout
evokingverb(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
dapplingverbA dappled pattern.
permeatesverb(transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.

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