suffusive
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Spreading through, permeating: Describes something that spreads throughout an area or object, often in a gentle, pervasive manner. It implies a quality that fills or saturates something completely.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The suffusive glow of the sunset filled the entire valley.
- A feeling of calm was suffusive in the quiet room.
Advanced Usage
- Describing abstract qualities: The adjective is often used to describe intangible things like light, color, emotion, or atmosphere that spread through and characterize a space.
- There was a suffusive sense of dread in the abandoned house.
Variants and Related Words
- Suffuse (verb): To spread over or through something.
- Joy suffused her face.
- Suffusion (noun): The act of spreading through or the state of being spread through.
- The suffusion of pink in the dawn sky was beautiful.
Synonyms
- Pervasive: Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people.
- Permeating: Spreading throughout; pervading.
- Diffusive: Characterized by diffusion; spreading out.
Antonyms
- Localized: Restricted to a particular place or part.
- Confined: Kept within limits; restricted.
- Spotty: Appearing in only a few places; not uniform or consistent.
Adjective
- spreading through
- suffusive purple light