Test
Your
Word IQ! Play Now

suffuse

[ suh-fyooz ]
/ səˈfyuz /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR suffuse ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object), suf·fused, suf·fus·ing.

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

QUIZZES

Are You A Word Of The Day Whiz? Take The February Challenge
Test your memory on some of our favorite words from February.
Question 1 of 15
Which sentence uses the adjective fictile correctly?
My test scores were in the top five fictile!
She scrounged every market for fictile treasures.
Her speech was full of fictile statements.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words related to suffuse

permeate, saturate, tinge, steep, bathe, color, interject, cover, introduce, charge, spread, fill, overspread

Words nearby suffuse

suffragette, suffragist, suffrutescent, suffruticose, suffumigate, suffuse, suffusion, sufi, sufism, sufu, sug-

Origin of suffuse

First recorded in 1580–90, suffuse is from the Latin word suffūsus (past participle of suffundere). See suf-, fuse2

OTHER WORDS FROM suffuse

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for suffuse

British Dictionary definitions for suffuse

suffuse
/ (səˈfjuːz) /

verb

(tr; usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something)the evening sky was suffused with red

Derived forms of suffuse

suffusion (səˈfjuːʒən), nounsuffusive, adjective

Word Origin for suffuse

C16: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012