Antonyms for diffuse
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : verb dih-fyooz; adjective dih-fyoos |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈfyuz; adjective dɪˈfyus |
Definition of diffuse
Origin :- 1520s (transitive), 1650s (intransitive), from Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere "to pour out or away" (see diffusion). Related: Diffused; diffusing.
- adj spread out
- adj wordy
- Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Knowledge is not necessarily light; and it is light, not knowledge, that we have to diffuse.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- They diffuse what is known and forget what remains to be known.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- The message was explicit, and, in the point of affection, diffuse.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- A soft glow seemed to diffuse from the man's clothing and body.
- Extract from : « The Whispering Spheres » by Russell Robert Winterbotham
- One of the complaints often made against Euclid is that he is ‘diffuse’.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- This is the religion, to diffuse which, strenuous efforts are now making in this country.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- And the diffuse fury in him coalesced and burst into novalike flame.
- Extract from : « Alarm Clock » by Everett B. Cole
- Thus the awareness, as diffuse as it still was, of time got reinforced.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- About this time there was also a disposition to diffuse education.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation » by Charles Roger
Synonyms for diffuse
- broadcast
- catholic
- circulated
- circumlocutory
- copious
- diffusive
- digressive
- diluted
- discursive
- dispersed
- disseminated
- distributed
- dull
- expanded
- extended
- exuberant
- general
- lavish
- lengthy
- long
- long-winded
- loose
- meandering
- palaverous
- prevalent
- profuse
- prolix
- propagated
- radiated
- rambling
- random
- redundant
- scattered
- separated
- strewn
- thin
- unconcentrated
- universal
- vague
- verbose
- waffling
- widespread
- windy
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