permeated

American  

[pur-mee-ey-tid] / ˈpɜr miˌeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. suffused, saturated, penetrated, or filled with something (sometimes used in combination).

   As a precaution, deputies evacuated six houses surrounding the odor-permeated area.

   Now thick smoke from fires in three neighboring states is clotting our already permeated sky.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of permeate.

Other Word Forms

• unpermeated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of permeated

permeate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Permeated with this love of power, and possessed of a superb organization, the clergy never failed to act on public opinion with decisive effect whenever they saw their worldly interests endangered.

From The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Adams, Brooks

Permeated by their doctrines we have followed their consequences to their final conclusion with the deductive vigour that is second nature with us.

From Underground Man by Tarde, Gabriel

Permeated by the spirit of a broad and noble patriotism, and written in the interests of national peace, law, and good government, in regard to which it gives, very simply, much information.

From A Mother's List of Books for Children by Arnold, Gertrude Weld

Related Words

• emotional
• fraught
• intense