IMBUED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

imbued

verb

past tense of imbue

as in suffused

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before

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Recent Examples of imbued The female figures were not imbued with any larger meaning by the original artists. — Eric Adler june 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 Dripping with passion and lovingly imbued with film noir tropes, Bound is a pulpy delight. — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 At the sentence level, its craftsmanship sings; her prose is as lush and imbued with the miraculous as it is lived-in and inviting. — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026 Barnes once imbued their relationship odysseys with enough levity to keep the party going. — Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026 There's an elegant nonchalance to all things Celine, and these sneakers are imbued with that same essence. — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 16 June 2026 Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt are his overwhelmed disciples, imbued with discomfiting powers that could be key to making contact with these otherworldly guests. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026 Then there’s the mythic highway – a cultural icon imbued with nostalgia for a specific, 20th-century idea of romance, adventure, freedom and the American West. — Daniel Milowski, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 Sporting a classic, Georgian-style exterior, the home has been revamped inside by the acclaimed designer Kelly Wearstler, who’s imbued the interiors with a sexy, high-gloss aesthetic. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 June 2026

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His brow is porcelain-smooth and suffused with light, his locks glossy and curled, his nose straight and regular.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
The seductive serenity of the Alps on a sunny day suffused the scene.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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This 120-proof spirit, infused with nootkatone from grapefruit peel, aims to enhance outdoor summer drinks with bright citrus and botanical aromas while addressing the pesky problem of mosquitoes.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Looking even further ahead, Nike’s men’s Paris Fashion Week spring 2027 previews included a new version of its Air Max Goadome Low boot infused with Foamposite material.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 June 2026

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