suffuse
Speech parts
1. suffuse - Adjective
2. suffuse - Verb
Meaning
To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes.
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The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
Anger and longing suffuse this searing, poetic, highly personal response to the legacies of colonialism.
So the paternal and brotherly love meant to suffuse this knockabout tale with warmth feels phony even by stock buddy-comedy standards.