suffusing
Gradually filling completely
Suffusing is the present participle of suffuse, meaning to spread throughout or permeate gradually.
Light suffuses a room, color suffuses a face, warmth suffuses the body.
The word suggests gentle, complete saturation rather than sudden flooding: A golden glow was suffusing the evening sky.
Emotion or quality can suffuse as readily as light: Tenderness suffused her voice.
Filling thoroughly with
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
- permeatingSpreading throughout completely
- pervadingSpreading throughout entirely
- steepingSoaking to extract flavor
soaking · drenching · filling · penetrating · seeping · diffusing · percolating · filtering
Adding worth or nutrients
- instillingGradually introducing ideas
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
- investingCommitting capital for gain
inculcating · infusing · inspiring · animating · filling · coloring · tinting · flavoring
Spreading widely apart
- radiatingSending out from center
- expandingGrowing in scope
- disseminatingSpreading information broadly
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
propagating · circulating · overspreading · proliferating · broadcasting · transmitting · extending · flowing
imbuing
Filling thoroughly with
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
- permeatingSpreading throughout completely
- pervadingSpreading throughout entirely
steeping · soaking · drenching · filling · penetrating · seeping · diffusing · percolating · filtering · spreading
enriching
Adding worth or nutrients
- instillingGradually introducing ideas
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
investing · inculcating · infusing · inspiring · animating · filling · coloring · tinting · flavoring · enhancing
dispersing
Spreading widely apart
- radiatingSending out from center
- expandingGrowing in scope
- disseminatingSpreading information broadly
scattering · propagating · circulating · overspreading · proliferating · broadcasting · transmitting · extending · flowing · emanating
- infusinginfusing, steeping, brewing, permeating, imbuing
suffusingconcentrating
Directing mental effort narrowly
localizing · focusing · converging · consolidating · centralizing
suffusingdraining
Depleting one's reserves
emptying · evacuating · removing · withdrawing · depleting