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- pronunciation:
- s
fyuz
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
suffuses, suffusing, suffused |
| definition: |
of a color, liquid, or the like, to spread throughout or across the surface of.
A blush suffused her cheeks.- synonyms:
- imbue, permeate, transfuse
- similar words:
- bathe, charge, color, fill, infiltrate, infuse, overspread, pervade, saturate, steep
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| related words: |
color, fill, flush, overrun, penetrate, permeate, pervade, saturate |
(v.)suffuse
+ noun
atmosphere,
blood,
cheek,
darkness,
feature,
feeling,
fragrance,
heat,
hope,
image,
joy,
love,
meaning,
nostalgia,
painting,
pleasure,
sadness,
scene,
sensation,
sense,
smell,
spirit,
sunlight,
wine,
writing
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| derivations: |
suffusive (adj.), suffusedly (adv.), suffusion (n.) |
The word suffuse
contains the following parts:
suf-
Latin
prefix
that means under, below
  More about this word part:
The prefix suf-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of sub- used before roots beginning with "f," such as "fus" and "fix." See sub-.
Example words:
fus, found2
Latin
root
that means pour, melt
Example words:
circumfuse, confound, confuse, confusion, diffuse, diffusive, effusive, found3, foundry, infuse, infusion, interfuse, profuse, profusion, suffuse, transfuse
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