Antonyms for diffusive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-fyoo-siv

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfyu sɪv

Definition of diffusive

As in long : adj interminable, excessive in length
As in circulating : adj flowing
As in centrifugal : adj radiating from a central point
As in long-drawn-out : adj long
As in diffuse : adj wordy

Example sentences :

One of the maxims of the old Greek philosophers was that good is diffusive of itself.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

I am so diffusive and wanting in close condensed habits of thought.
Extract from : « Life of John Coleridge Patteson » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Our national life is too diffusive to yield the best social fruits.
Extract from : « The Collector » by Henry T. Tuckerman

For what is Catholicity but a unity which expands and is diffusive?
Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various

The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought.
Extract from : « The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 » by Various

Puritanism was radical in its views and sentiments, yet lacking that diffusive propagandist power inhering in conventional bodies.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 » by Various

The blunderbuss had not exploded; it always made that grand, booming, rattling, diffusive sort of a report.
Extract from : « Two Knapsacks » by John Campbell

Ardent spirit is a poison so diffusive and subtile that it is found, by actual experiment, to penetrate even the brain.
Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society

Among the rare causes of diffusive peritonitis is perforation of the intestine by lumbricoid worms.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

And the very atmosphere of such bliss is diffusive; it seemed as if all the living creatures around understood.
Extract from : « The Man Between » by Amelia E. Barr

Synonyms for diffusive

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