Synonyms for diffusive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-fyoo-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfyu sɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for diffusive Other synonyms for the word diffusive
- ambient
- boundless
- circulatory
- circumlocutory
- copious
- current
- deviating
- diffusive
- digressive
- dilatory
- discursive
- divergent
- diverging
- drawn-out
- eccentric
- efferent
- exuberant
- fluid
- for ages
- forever and a day
- in motion
- limitless
- lingering
- long
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- loose
- meandering
- moving
- outward
- overlong
- palaverous
- profuse
- prolix
- prolonged
- radial
- rambling
- random
- redundant
- rotating
- spiral
- spreading
- sustained
- tardy
- unending
- vague
- verbose
- waffling
- windy
- without end
- wordy
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for diffusive
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