Suffused With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
ReviewedEvidence1 sourceSectionEnglish Usage
Quick answer
Use literary “suffused with” when a quality, feeling, color, or similar thing spreads through or over something completely.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termssuffused with
Further guidance
Construction
Use literary “suffused with” when a quality, feeling, color, or similar thing spreads through or over something completely.
Style Boundary
Cambridge labels “suffuse” literary and often passive and directly attests “suffused with.” Keep the guidance to that documented passive construction rather than treating every use of “suffuse” as interchangeable.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
suffuse — Cambridge Dictionary↗ (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary entry documenting suffuse as literary and often passive, with the directly attested suffused with construction.
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Absorbed In: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Acceptable To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Accessible To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Acclaimed For: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
