Diffuse

Verb

 * 1)  To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
 * 2)  To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

Adjective

 * 1) Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

Adverbs for Diffuse
tiresomely; tediously; monotonously; vexatiously; endlessly; verbosely; copiously; circuitously; disagreeably; provokingly; pedantically; stupidly; dully; indirectly; interminably; maddeningly; notoriously.

Adverbs for Diffuse
naturally; delicately; excessively; wastefully; widely; copiously; freely; liberally; perplexingly.

Synonyms for Diffuse
discursive, wordy, copious, dispersed, protracted, scattered, tedious, tiresome, prolonged, verbose, repetitive,

Antonyms for Diffuse
confined, limited, restricted, brief, short, abbreviated.

Derived terms

 * diffuser
 * diffusely

Related terms

 * diffusion

Thesaurus
scatter, scattered, shatter, shiver, skew, skewed, slack, slack off, slacken, smash, smash up, sow, sow broadcast, sparse, splay, splinter, sporadic, spread, spread out, squash, squish, straggling, straggly, strew, strewn, strown, suffuse, superabundant, swarm with, sweeping, switch, tautologous, teem with, teeming, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, turn, turn over, twist, unglue, unleash, unstick, utter, verbose, warp, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale, wide, wide-extended, wide-extending, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widespread, windy, wordy, zigzag, abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ambagious, ample, aplenty, assign, atomize, bend, bespread, bestrew, bias, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, broad, broadcast, carry over, casual, circuitous, circulate, circumfuse, circumlocutory, communicate, consign, copious, crash, crawl with, creep with, crook, crunch, crush, curve, cut to pieces, deal out, deflect, deflected, deflective, deliver, demolish, deport, desultory, deviate, diffract, diffracted, diffractive, diffuse, diffused, diffusive, digressive, discrete, discursive, disjoin, dispel, dispense, disperse, dispersed, dispread, disrupt, disseminate, disseminated, dissipate, dissipated, distort, distorted, distribute, distributed, diverge, divert, dogleg, ease, ease off, effuse, effusive, emanate, epidemic, exhaustless, expand, expel, export, extend, extend throughout, extended, extensive, extradite, extravagant, exuberant, fan out, far-embracing, far-extending, far-flung, far-flying, far-going, far-ranging, far-reaching, fat, fecund, fertile, fill, fission, flectional, flexed, flush, formless, fragment, free, full, galore, generous, grind, gushing, gushy, hairpin, hand forward, hand on, hand over, honeycomb, imbue, impart, import, in plenty, in quantity, indiscriminate, inexhaustible, inflective, infuse, interlard, intersow, intersperse, intersprinkle, issue, large-scale, lasting, lavish, lax, leave no void, leaven, lengthy, let go, let up, liberal, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, loose, loosen, loquacious, luxuriant, make mincemeat of, make over, many, maximal, meandering, metastasize, metathesize, mince, much, numerous, occupy, opulent, overflowing, overrun, overscatter, oversow, overspread, overswarm, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, penetrate, perfuse, periphrastic, permeate, pervade, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, pleonastic, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, prolific, prolix, prolonged, propagate, protracted, publish, pull, pulverize, radiate, rambling, rampant, random, ray, redundant, refract, refracted, refractile, refractive, refrangible, reiterative, relax, relay, repetitive, replete, retail, rich, rife, riotous, roundabout, run through, running over,

Pronunciation

 * AHD: dĭfyo͞oz', IPA: /dɪˈfjuːz/ (UK), /dɪˈfjuz/ (US), SAMPA: /dIˈfju:z/ (UK), /dIˈfjuz/ (US)
 * AHD: dĭfyo͞os', IPA: /dɪˈfjuːs/ (UK), /dɪˈfjus/ (US), SAMPA: /dIˈfju:s/ (UK), /dIˈfjus/ (US)
 * AHD: dĭfyo͞os', IPA: /dɪˈfjuːs/ (UK), /dɪˈfjus/ (US), SAMPA: /dIˈfju:s/ (UK), /dIˈfjus/ (US)
 * AHD: dĭfyo͞os', IPA: /dɪˈfjuːs/ (UK), /dɪˈfjus/ (US), SAMPA: /dIˈfju:s/ (UK), /dIˈfjus/ (US)
 * AHD: dĭfyo͞os', IPA: /dɪˈfjuːs/ (UK), /dɪˈfjus/ (US), SAMPA: /dIˈfju:s</tt>/ (UK), /dIˈfjus</tt>/ (US)

Etymology 1
, from diffusus:, past participle of diffundo:, from dis-: + fundo:

Etymology 2
diffusus

Verb

 * Bulgarian: разпръсвам, разсейвам,  разпространявам
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: difuso m, difusa f


 * Bulgarian: разпръсвам се, разсейвам се
 * Finnish:, , ,  diffundoitua


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: difuso m, difusa f

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: дифузен, разсеян
 * Finnish: hajaantunut, hajanainen, lavea,
 * French:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:

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Etymology
From diffusus:

Adverb

 * 1) diffusely, in a scattered manner.
 * 2) copiously, fully

Related terms

 * diffūsus