suffuse

Verb

Verb Forms: suffused, suffusing, suffuses

• To spread through or over, as with light or color.
• cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  • "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
• to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
  • "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"
• To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
• To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
• To pour underneath.

Adj

• Suffused; diffuse.

Examples

• A clever bingo play can SUFFUSE the entire game board with a sense of excitement.
• The entire room was suffused with a golden light.
• The warmth suffused his cold fingers.

Synonyms

perfuse

Related Words

infuse