Meaning & use
suffusing
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spreading through or over something gradually, as light, color, or emotion
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The setting sun was suffusing the sky with shades of pink and orange.
A quiet joy came suffusing through the room as the good news spread.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'suffundere' (to pour beneath or over); often used poetically for light or emotion spreading gradually.
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permeatinginfusing
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